Gotten

Word GOTTEN
Character 6
Hyphenation got ten
Pronunciations /ˈɡɒtn̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Gotten"

What do we mean by gotten?

Obtained or acquired: usually with a qualifying adverb; won: as, ill-gotten gains; new-gotten territory; gotten battles.

P. p. of get.

Past participle of get verb

Obtained, acquired adjective

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

To receive.

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

To fetch, bring, take.

To become, or cause oneself to become.

To cause to become; to bring about.

To cause to do.

To cause to come or go or move.

To cause to be in a certain status or position.

(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).

To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

To begin (doing something or to do something).

To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

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

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

To understand. (compare get it)

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

To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

To catch out, trick successfully.

To perplex, stump.

To find as an answer.

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

To hear completely; catch.

To getter.

To beget (of a father).

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

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

To go, to leave; to scram.

To kill.

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

To measure.

Obsolescent past participle of "get". Fallen out of educated use and frowned upon; use words like "got", "obtained" etc. instead. Urban Dictionary

To have recieved or get an item. Past tense of got. Urban Dictionary

"gotten head" means given and/or received a blowjob. Urban Dictionary

Money or valuables gotten thru wrongful ways or by being dishonest. Urban Dictionary

A phrase used to show patriotism after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S.A. on May 1st, 2011. Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe an object that has seemingly disappeared, a reference to the DeLorean's ability to travel through time once it reached 88mph in the Back the the Future Trilogy. Urban Dictionary

Somthing a dick neck might say almost everyday because he has nothing else better to say and its 'how bored i've gotten' Urban Dictionary

The catch phrase used by every single villain in a Scooby Doo episode. Urban Dictionary

The catchphrase that the villians of the television show "Scooby Doo" would utter after being apprehended and unmasked. Urban Dictionary

Said of a person: Deeply, even profoundly, appreciated. Past tense of get, as used in: I get you. Urban Dictionary

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The word "gotten" in example sentences

But I will say this, I am a man of my word, and never has my word gotten anybody into trouble with the law or otherwise. ❋ Miasha (2010)

The family's new lawyer, Michael Sussman, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that "every account we have gotten is contrary to what police have told the press, so yes, there is skepticism." ❋ AP (2010)

I do sell physical CDs off my website, but in general, I think most people have turned over to this digital age of music, where they're buying an album for ten bucks on iTunes, and the artist is seeing six or seven dollars of that, compared to the fifteen dollars they would have gotten from the sale of a physical version of it. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2010)

After six months of trying to be accommodating to the minority party -- something his predecessor didn't even fake -- all he's gotten is nothing, unless you call the usual right-wing vitriol and victimhood "something." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hope that some of the answers and advice you've gotten is of help in your particular situation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The evidence for how bad things have gotten is spelled out in Alliance for Justice's new report on judicial nominations that covers the Obama Administration's first 20 months in office. ❋ Nan Aron (2010)

I have searched everywhere and the best response I have gotten is "get an oven thermometer" ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've been on this site for over a year and the only contacts I've gotten is 2 scam messages! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of "I have gotten", use: I have got [the key] [to the door]. I have obtained the blueprints to the [building]. ❋ Avengah (2011)

I have gotten 5 [hot hoes] in the last week. Them [bitches] cervixes was [tight]. ❋ Pimp Delicious (2007)

Guy #1: "Hey, have you gotten head yet from your girlfriend?" Guy #2: "No, but I'm [hoping] she'll [gimme] a [blowjob] tonight." ❋ Gloomysunday (2013)

That {[douchebag]} , [got over] [a thousand] {dollars } by ill gotten gain ways . ❋ Dreamyjoe (2017)

Guy 1 - "[Hey bro], why are you wearing [red], white, and [blue]?" Guy 2 - "Haven't you heard? Osama bin Gotten." ❋ Drewdk (2011)

[Andrea]: Aww, look at that bird. It's so cut--wait, [where'd] it go? [Collin]: It must have gotten up to 88. ❋ Atwig (2008)

[Dick Neck]: [This is how bored i've gotten] Everybody: [OMG STFU]! ❋ GoldKobra (2008)

Some Scooby Doo [cast member] pulls off [the mask] of the monster and some random person that appeared in the [episode's] face is revealed. He then shouts, "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids" ❋ Exor (2004)

"That's right, it was I who committed the quadruple [homicide] and [armed robbery]. [And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids]!" ❋ Jinkies (2006)

When she introduced me, she mentioned [the four] inventions I'm most proud of, and how hard I worked for years figuring out what was needed and how it could be created. I felt [thoroughly] [gotten]. ❋ Ras57 (2022)

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