Gotten Meaning
/ˈɡɒt.n̩/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbpast participle of get
adjobtained, acquired
Sentence Examples
By the time you get out of jail, she'll probably have gotten married.
We've gotten into this fixed pattern.
Miss Brown has gotten used to eating Japanese food.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She has ____ a new job after months of searching.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather has ____ much colder over the last few days, signaling that winter is truly on its way.
Word Origin & History
Morphologically got + -en.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She has ____ a new job after months of searching.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather has ____ much colder over the last few days, signaling that winter is truly on its way.