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gotten

[ got-n ]

verb

  1. a past participle of get.


gotten

/ ˈɡɒtən /

verb

  1. See get
    a past participle of get
  2. have gotten
    have gotten not usually in the infinitive
    1. to have obtained

      he had gotten a car for his 21st birthday

    2. to have become

      I've gotten sick of your constant bickering



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Usage Note

See get.

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Other Words From

  • self-gotten adjective
  • well-gotten adjective

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Example Sentences

The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.

So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.

Do you think academic history and popular history have gotten more similar over the last 15 or 20 years?

I was talking to one of my friends, who had just recently gotten over a drug addiction, who she tried to talk to about this case.

“I have not gotten the impression that they have their minds made up or they are not open to new information,” Stammberger said.

Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.

"Pa" is somewhat proud of his boy, and Charles was of course elaborately gotten up for so great an occasion.

There is an old mother hog that has gotten quite wild, and has a litter of young ones with her that are hard to catch.

In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold an silver into thy treasures.

As he saw it there was a plot between Scattergood and McKettrick to get him—and he appeared to have been gotten.

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