gotten

[ got-n ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of get.

usage note For gotten

See get.

Other words from gotten

  • self-gotten, adjective
  • well-gotten, adjective

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How to use gotten in a sentence

  • These passages are so long, and so intricate, and so mighty well gotten up that I haven't had time to go through them all.

  • The company here was a very good one, and the pieces as well gotten up as anywhere in the States.

    Impressions of America | Tyrone Power
  • It is well gotten up and finely illustrated, and should have a place in the library of every family where there are children.

  • The Sunday afternoon program that I attended was well gotten up and very interesting.

    Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. Nichols
  • The nouveaux riches have been spending their ill or well gotten gains right royally.

    Border and Bastille | George A. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for gotten

gotten

/ (ˈɡɒtən) /


verbUS
  1. a past participle of get

  2. have gotten (not 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

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