Definitions
How to pronounce gotten:
Gotten - as a noun
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
Gotten - as a verb
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Example: "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"
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Enter or assume a certain state or condition
Example: "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"
Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
Example: "He got his squad on the ball"
Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example: "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Example: "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"
Go or come after and bring or take back
Example: "Get me those books over there, please"
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Example: "Get an idea"
Take vengeance on or get even
Example: "We'll get them!"
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Example: "The ads induced me to buy a vcr"
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
Example: "We finally got the suspect"
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example: "He grew a beard"
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Example: "He got aids"
Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
Example: "Bill called this number and he got mary"
Give certain properties to something
Example: "Get someone mad"
Move into a desired direction of discourse
Example: "What are you driving at?"
Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
Example: "Did you catch that allusion?"
Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
Example: "The rock caught her in the back of the head"
Reach by calculation
Example: "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
Acquire as a result of some effort or action
Example: "You cannot get water out of a stone"
Purchase
Example: "What did you get at the toy store?"
Suffer from the receipt of
Example: "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
Receive as a retribution or punishment
Example: "He got 5 years in prison"
Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Example: "Scram!"
Reach and board
Example: "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
Irritate
Example: "Her childish behavior really get to me"
Evoke an emotional response
Example: "Brahms's `requiem' gets me every time"
Apprehend and reproduce accurately
Example: "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Example: "He drew a base on balls"
Overcome or destroy
Example: "The ice storm got my hibiscus"
Be a mystery or bewildering to
Example: "This beats me!"
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Example: "We began working at dawn"
Gotten - as an adjective
(mostly in combination) obtained, acquired
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Word Game Points
GOTTEN has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
GOTTEN has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.
GOTTEN has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
