gotten

CEFRA1

/ˈɡɒt.n̩/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    The past participle of get, meaning received, obtained, or become.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    obtained, acquired

Examples

  • By the time you get out of jail, she'll probably have gotten married.

  • Miss Brown has gotten used to eating Japanese food.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɡɑ.tn̩]
  • [ˈɡɑ.ʔn̩]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of get

More examples

In context

  • We've gotten into this fixed pattern.

  • And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She has blank a new job after months of searching.

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

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Origin

verb

Morphologically got + -en.