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got
[ got ]
/ gÉt /
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verb
a simple past tense and past participle of get.
auxiliary verb
Informal. must; have got (followed by an infinitive).
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usage note for got
See get.
Words nearby got
gossypose, go stag, go steady, goster, go straight, got, Göta, Göta Canal, Gotama, got a thing going, gotcha
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How to use got in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for got
got
/ (ÉĄÉt) /
verb
the past tense and past participle of get
have got
- to possesshe has got three apples
- (takes an infinitive) used as an auxiliary to express compulsion felt to be imposed by or upon the speakerI've got to get a new coat
have got it bad or have got it badly informal to be infatuated
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