gotten

[got-n]

verb

1. a past participle of get.

gotten

/ ˈɡɒtən /

verb

1. a past participle of get

2. (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

Usage

See get.

Other Word Forms

• self-gotten adjective
• well-gotten adjective

Example Sentences

Three people, including Tafolla, had gotten into an argument and as the others began driving away, Tafolla allegedly chased them through the city in his car and shot at them.

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I really wish I could have gotten the Kobe’s last year.

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Above all, as hard as it would have been to believe in 2018, partisan rancor has gotten far worse, with both sides hungrier than ever to score political points.

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Bernstein’s Mark Moerdler noted that he’s gotten “not surprisingly, a very large quantity of inbound calls from our clients who have been struggling to understand, model and value the new Oracle.”

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Social Security has gotten close to running out of money before, in the early 1980s, but Congress acted at the 11th hour to fix it.

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Related Words

• accepted 
• acknowledged 
• collected 
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