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

“He’s got a big agenda,” McCarthy said, adding that Trump is better prepared to govern than he was eight years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

“I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the U.S. trustee over our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning,” he wrote on social media.

From Salon

As she got up, she noticed her jeans’ button was undone and her belt was missing.

From BBC

His word to us was: “It can’t be just spectacle — you’ve got to capture the humanity of what’s happening.”

From Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles County got a gift from voters: They passed Measure A, a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax that will provide a billion dollars a year for services and housing for homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• earn
• gain
• grab
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