Definitions for gotten
gotten
got·ten
Spelling: [got-n]
IPA: /ˈgɒt n/
Gotten is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 68 anagrams from letters in gotten (egnott).
Definitions for gotten
noun
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an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
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a return of a ball, as in tennis, that would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.
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British Slang.
something earned, as salary, profits, etc.:
a child born out of wedlock.
verb
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a past participle of get.
Idioms
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get back,
to come back; return:
to recover; regain:
to be revenged:
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get even. even1 (def 26).
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get going,
to begin; act:
to increase one's speed; make haste:
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get it, Informal.
to be punished or reprimanded:
to understand or grasp something:
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get it off, Slang: Vulgar. to experience orgasm.
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get it on,
Informal. to work or perform with satisfying harmony or energy or develop a strong rapport, as in music:
Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse.
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get it up, Slang: Vulgar. to achieve an erection of the penis.
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get off on, Slang. to become enthusiastic about or excited by:
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get round. get around.
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get the lead out. lead2 (def 15).
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get there, to reach one's goal; succeed:
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get together,
to accumulate; gather:
to congregate; meet:
to come to an accord; agree:
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get up,
to sit up or stand; arise.
to rise from bed.
to ascend or mount.
to prepare; arrange; organize:
to draw upon; marshal; rouse:
to acquire a knowledge of.
(to a horse) go! go ahead! go faster!
to dress, as in a costume or disguise:
to produce in a specified style, as a book:
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has / have got,
to possess or own; have:
must (followed by an infinitive):
to suffer from:
Verb phrases
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get about,
to move about; be active:
to become known; spread:
to be socially active:
Also, get around.
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get across,
to make or become understandable; communicate:
to be convincing about; impress upon others:
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get ahead, to be successful, as in business or society:
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get ahead of,
to move forward of, as in traveling:
to surpass; outdo:
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get along,
to go away; leave.
get on.
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get around,
to circumvent; outwit.
to ingratiate oneself with (someone) through flattery or cajolery.
to travel from place to place; circulate:
get about.
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get at,
to reach; touch:
to suggest, hint at, or imply; intimate:
to discover; determine:
Informal. to influence by surreptitious or illegal means; bribe:
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get away,
to escape; flee:
to start out; leave:
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get away with, to perpetrate or accomplish without detection or punishment:
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get by,
to succeed in going past:
to manage to exist, survive, continue in business, etc., in spite of difficulties.
to evade the notice of:
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get down,
to bring or come down; descend:
to concentrate; attend:
to depress; discourage; fatigue:
to swallow:
to relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment:
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get in,
to go into a place; enter:
to arrive; come:
to become associated with:
to be chosen or accepted, as for office, membership, etc.:
to become implicated in:
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get off,
to escape the consequences of or punishment for one's actions.
to help (someone) escape punishment:
to begin a journey; leave:
to leave (a train, plane, etc.); dismount from (a horse); alight.
to tell (a joke); express (an opinion):
Informal. to have the effrontery:
Slang: Vulgar. to experience orgasm.
to experience or cause to experience a high from or as if from a drug.
to cause to feel pleasure, enthusiasm, or excitement:
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get on/along,
to make progress; proceed; advance.
to have sufficient means to manage, survive, or fare.
to be on good terms; agree:
to advance in age:
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get out,
to leave (often followed by of):
to become publicly known:
to withdraw or retire (often followed by of):
to produce or complete:
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get over,
to recover from:
get across.
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get through,
to succeed, as in meeting, reaching, or contacting by telephone (usually followed by to):
to complete; finish:
to make oneself understood:
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get to,
to get in touch or into communication with; contact:
Informal. to make an impression on; affect:
to begin:
verb (used with object)
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to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of:
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to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire:
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to go after, take hold of, and bring (something) for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch:
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to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect:
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to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach:
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to hear or hear clearly:
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to acquire a mental grasp or command of; learn:
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to capture; seize:
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to receive as a punishment or sentence:
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to prevail on; influence or persuade:
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to prepare; make ready:
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(especially of animals) to beget.
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Informal. to affect emotionally:
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to hit, strike, or wound:
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Informal. to kill.
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Informal. to take vengeance on:
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to catch or be afflicted with; come down with or suffer from:
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Informal. to puzzle; irritate; annoy:
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Informal. to understand; comprehend:
verb (used without object)
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to come to a specified place; arrive; reach:
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to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted:
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to become or to cause oneself to become as specified; reach a certain condition:
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(used as an auxiliary verb followed by a past participle to form the passive):
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to succeed in coming, going, arriving at, visiting, etc. (usually followed by away, in, into, out, etc.):
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to bear, endure, or survive (usually followed by through or over):
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to earn money; gain.
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Informal. to leave promptly; scram:
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to start or enter upon the action of (followed by a present participle expressing action):
Origin of gotten
1150-1200; (v.) Middle English geten Old Norse geta to obtain, beget; cognate with Old English -gietan (> Middle English yeten), German -gessen, in vergessen to forget; (noun) Middle Engli
Examples for gotten
Still it must be admitted that if young Ried had gotten some new ideas, so also had she.
I was talking to one of my friends, who had just recently gotten over a drug addiction, who she tried to talk to about this case.
I must have gotten too near the mare, for before I knew it he had lifted me out of danger.
Do you think academic history and popular history have gotten more similar over the last 15 or 20 years?
“I have not gotten the impression that they have their minds made up or they are not open to new information,” Stammberger said.
Well, between you and me, I wish he'd gotten away clean-handed.
"The spring has gotten a strangle-hold on my judgment," he said to himself.
The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.
To which he answered, they were some lines he had gotten by heart out of a play.