got

[ got ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of get.

auxiliary verb

1. Informal. must; have got (followed by an infinitive).

got

/ ɡɒt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of get
2. have got
   1. to possess

      he has got three apples

   2. takes an infinitive used as an auxiliary to express compulsion felt to be imposed by or upon the speaker

      I've got to get a new coat

3. have got it bad or have got it badly informal.
   to be infatuated

Usage Note

See get.

Example Sentences

“When I got in the building for the first time, it felt like home because of the culture and people — everything was like the Ravens,” Dobbins said.

From Los Angeles Times

I've got a team that I genuinely still love and even though I'm leaving, I want to give them the best that I can in these next races.

From BBC

So then I guess they got their stuff sorted out.

From BBC

Other actions, such as initiating new free-trade-agreement talks, take time and could therefore be easily stopped by the incoming Trump administration before they got far.

From Los Angeles Times

But you all got to spend some time with some people.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• earn
• gain
• grab
• have
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• pick up
• pull
• realize
• receive
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