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gotten

  • /ˈɡɒt.n̩/ UK
  • /ˈɡɑ.tən/ Canada, US
  • [ˈɡɑ.tn̩] Canada, US
  • [ˈɡɑ.ʔn̩] Canada, US
  • [ˈɡɑ.t̚n̩] Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɒtən

Where it comes from

Morphologically got + -en.

verb getten

  1. Canada, Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, US, dialectal past participle of get We've recently gotten a new apartment in Boston.

adjective getten

  1. in compounds, not comparable Obtained, acquired.

verb getten

  1. participle, past past participle of git

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: achieved, become, come, received, fitted, tried, understood, gone, known, learned, read, given, touched, defeated, beaten, fallen

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MLA

"gotten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gotten. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gotten. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gotten

Chicago

"gotten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gotten.

BibTeX
@misc{gotten_2026,
  title = {gotten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gotten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}