Word Finder - gotten

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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

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I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.

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To receive.

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He got a severe reprimand for that.

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(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

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I've got a concert ticket for you.

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To fetch, bring, take.

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Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?

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To become, or cause oneself to become.

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I'm getting hungry; how about you?

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To cause to become; to bring about.

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I can't get these boots off (or on).

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To cause to do.

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I can't get it to work.

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To cause to come or go or move.

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I got him to his room.

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To cause to be in a certain status or position.

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Get him here at once.

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(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

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I'm getting into a muddle.

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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

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to get a mile

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To begin (doing something or to do something).

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After lunch we got chatting.

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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

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I normally get the 7:45 train.

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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

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Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.

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(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

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Great. I get to clean the toilets today.

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To understand. (compare get it)

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I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!

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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

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"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."

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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

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He got bitten by a dog.

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To become ill with or catch (a disease).

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I went on holiday and got malaria.

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To catch out, trick successfully.

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He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.

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To perplex, stump.

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That question's really got me.

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To find as an answer.

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What did you get for question four?

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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

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I'm gonna get him for that.

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To hear completely; catch.

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Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?

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To getter.

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I put the getter into the container to get the gases.

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To beget (of a father).

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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

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to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson

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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

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Get her with her new hairdo.

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To go, to leave; to scram.

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To kill.

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They’re coming to get you, Barbara.

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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

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To measure.

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Did you get her temperature?

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(mostly in combination) obtained, acquired

I think I've gotten quite good at it.

Her womanly scent teased him, the heat of her nearness reminding him of how he'd gotten himself into this situation in the first place.

What's gotten into you?

What had gotten into him?

I spent so much time on the phone talking to the Calvias she wouldn't have gotten through, Cynthia said the next morning, after breakfast was cleared, the wash loaded, and domestic matters reasonably settled—a momentary break.

There's no better way to tell how much color you've gotten.

She's a sweet child who deserves much more than she's ever gotten.

You couldn't have gotten a good look.

As a stranger to human affection, he'd never quite gotten used to her hugs.

Brady didn't care for power, which was why he'd always gotten along with Tim.

You've accompanied me there on the few days I've gotten to relax over the past few years.

Gods, Rhyn, take a minute to think before you act.  What's gotten into you anyway?

But he's gotten some wild idea about the Byrne case.

She told herself he'd gotten there after she'd wrapped the towel around her.

When he'd gotten Donovan's blood off her, Brady lifted her and placed her in his bed.

The Ice Lady must have really gotten Leland's goat, Dean thought.

If it was the mob, how had they gotten there first?

If you had admitted your suspicions early on that Jeff's death might not have been an accident, perhaps we could have worked together and gotten to the bottom of the whole business before you almost got us both killed.

When he looked too fast, he still saw the jagged, deep scars that the Healer had gotten rid of.

She recognized him as Charles, the vamp Damian had gotten in exchange for sending her to the Black God.

Darian, I swear you've gotten even faster.

Sofi helped you, but you wouldn't have gotten far if you weren't as strong as you are.

I don't know what's gotten into me lately.

What had gotten into her?

She peered through the peephole to make sure it wasn't the woman she'd barely gotten rid of earlier.

The highmaster of St Paul's was to be " learned in good and clean Latin, and also in Greek, if such may be gotten."

Dusty couldn't help but wonder how he'd gotten stuck with a pregnant Oracle and an equally moody teenager with godlike powers and no ability to control them.

What looked like a leg lay in her path, and a pool of blood and more mangled flesh nearby indicated where the Black God had gotten the blood covering him.

The Watchers must've gotten some sort of twisted pleasure out of dangling a similar situation over his head again after so long!

The sun peeked over the horizon, reminding her that she'd gotten only a few hours of bad sleep.

I spent so much time on the phone talking to the Calvias she wouldn't have gotten through, Cynthia said the next morning, after breakfast was cleared, the wash loaded, and domestic matters reasonably settled—a momentary break.

The bones—there's a chance they belonged to a man who may have gotten a high school girl pregnant.

He's gotten a haircut and almost looked normal.

Relief was forefront in Deidre's mind and the acknowledgment she'd gotten damn lucky that the demon lord favored winning deals over killing mates.

Before she could ponder how they'd gotten there, she felt his heat again.

I've gotten so many…marks…the past couple of weeks.

Darkyn suspected twisted Immortals like Sasha were rare.  One of the brothers on the Council That Was Seven, Sasha had been strategically placed to provide Darkyn more information than he'd hoped for.  Sasha's only flaw had been his madness, which ultimately resulted in his death.  Sasha had identified Ully, who was hand-selected by Andre.  While Darkyn didn't know the full details of how Andre had gotten Death to release the once-dead human, he did know Andre and Death wouldn't have done something so important if Ully wasn't the brilliant scientist he was.  It was unfortunate that Ully would be killed as soon as the three shapeshifting demons reached the underworld, but Darkyn didn't believe in loose ends.

Flanders is wanted in Philly for skipping child support and he has-n't seen his parole officer in weeks, but no one's gotten around to putting out a call for him, so officially they weren't looking for him.

Although the intruders had started to search, it was apparent they hadn't gotten far.

Apologize on my behalf to anyone who may have gotten the wrong idea.

I've heard that some former ambulance chasers have gotten diabolically smart.

Has anyone, anywhere, ever gotten accuracy that good from a magnetic compass?

I usually travel alone and, as a woman, it has sometimes gotten dicey.

Somehow, we've gotten lost in a forest inhabited by goblins, spooky tho not actually menacing.

If you've gotten lax about learning, embrace this opportunity.

We didnât stop the war, we havenât gotten a living wage.

Where he had gotten the machete, Colson couldn't tell.

Exhibition mode includes new maneuvers which you could not have gotten befor.

I must say if I'd known he liked Morris Dancing so much I'd have gotten a maypole as a wedding present!

May have gotten to be licensed named chief morris.