got

CEFRA1

/ɡɒt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    The past form of get, meaning received, obtained, or became.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Have/has.

Examples

  • Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.

  • He sat watching her as she got ready.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ɡaʔ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Must; have/has (to).

  2. Expressing obligation; used with have.

  3. past participle of get

More examples

In context

  • My computer has got to be useful for something.

  • I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.

  • I got to go study.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

He finally blank a new car for his birthday last week.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.