got

See also Got, göt, gôt, Göt, got., and -got-

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɡɒt/, X-SAMPA: /gQt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɡɑt/, X-SAMPA: /gAt/
• (Boston, New England) IPA: /ɡʌt/, /ɡɒt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

got

1. Simple past of get.

   We got the last bus home.

2. (UK, New Zealand) Past participle of get

   By that time we'd got very cold.

   I've got two children.

   How many children have you got?

3. Expressing obligation.

   I can't go out tonight, I've got to study for my exams.

4. (southern US, with to) must; have (to).

   I got to go study.

   • 1971, Carol King and Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, Tapestry, Ode Records

     We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!

5. (southern US, UK, slang) have

   They got a new car.

   He got a lot of nerve.

Usage notes

• (past participle of get): The second sentence literally means "At some time in the past I got (obtained) two children", but in "have got" constructions like this, where "got" is used in the sense of "obtained", the sense of obtaining is lost, becoming merely one of possessing, and the sentence is in effect just a more colloquial way of saying "I have two children". Similarly, the third sentence is just a more colloquial way of saying "How many children do you have?"
• (past participle of get): The American usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten, as opposed to the British usage, which conjugates as get-got-got.
• (expressing obligation): "Got" is a filler word here with no obvious grammatical or semantic function. "I have to study for my exams" has the same meaning. It is often stressed in speech: "You've just got to see this."

Synonyms

• (must, have (to)): gotta

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: de · whole · find · #191: got · let · world · thing

Anagrams

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɔt/, X-SAMPA: /gOt/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus.

Noun

got m (plural gots)

1. glass (drinking glass)

Synonyms

• tassó
• vas

Etymology 2

From Latin Gothus.

Noun

got m (plural gots, feminine goda)

1. Goth

Derived terms

• gòtic (“Gothic”)

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Lojban

Rafsi

got

1. rafsi of gotro.

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Low German

Adjective

got

1. Alternative spelling of goot.

See also

• god

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.

Noun

got m

1. god

Declension

Declension of got

	Singular	Plural
nominative	got	goda
accusative	got	goda
genitive	godis	godô
dative	gode	godon

Descendants

• Dutch: god

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old Dutch got, Old Norse guð, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).

Noun

got m

1. god

Descendants

• German: Gott