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gotten
[ got-n ]
gotten
/ ˈɡɒə /
verb
- a past participle of get
- have gottennot usually in the infinitive
- to have obtained
he had gotten a car for his 21st birthday
- to have become
I've gotten sick of your constant bickering
Usage Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- -dzt adjective
- ɱ-dzt adjective
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Example Sentences
"I noticed during a routine check that water had gotten into my starboard engine," he said.
Things have gotten so bad so quickly — wolves have been back in California for only a bit more than a decade — that officials in Modoc and Sierra counties have declared emergencies.
If tickets to sporting events have gotten too expensive for the average fan, then Dodger Stadium is a flash point in the debate over whether teams should pursue every dollar they can.
But the glare from all that vivid starlight has gotten in the way of seeing his work for what it is — an evolving artistic project that illuminates acute elements of contemporary portraiture.
If she hadn’t had True, Kardashian said, she never would have gotten back together with him after he cheated the first time.
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