gotten
Americanverb
verb
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a past participle of get
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(not usually in the infinitive)
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to have obtained
he had gotten a car for his 21st birthday
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to have become
I've gotten sick of your constant bickering
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Usage
See get.
Other Word Forms
- self-gotten adjective
- well-gotten adjective
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Example Sentences
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“It surprises me that the federal government has not gotten involved,” she says.
Things have gotten a lot better for MP.
From Barron's
It’s gotten me to thinking about him and my papa and our days in Chemung County.
From Literature
We wouldn’t have done that 15 years ago because you couldn’t have texted and gotten a hold of everybody on the team so immediately to ask them to change their socks.
From Los Angeles Times
As data centers have multiplied, it has gotten more challenging for PJM to handle surges in demand.
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