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Got
//ɡɒt// name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Game of Thrones. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”). alt-of, alternative
Noun
- 1 Abbreviation of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 2 Abbreviation of geranyl-pyrophosphate-olivetolic acid geranyltransferase or geranyl-diphosphate:olivetolate geranyltransferase. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 3 Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of global offset table. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
- 1 Expressing obligation; used with have. no-past-participle, no-present-participle
"I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams."
- 2 simple past of get form-of, past
"We got the last bus home."
- 3 Have; there is (indicates possession or existence). Manglish, Singlish, invariable
"Got problem is it?"
- 4 Must; have/has (to). colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
"I got to go study."
- 5 past participle of get form-of, participle, past
"By that time we’d got very cold."
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- 6 Marks the completive or experiential aspect. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable
"You got shower?"
- 7 Have/has. colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, nonstandard, regional
"They got a new car."
- 8 Used as a marker of realis modality. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable
"I got go Taiwan next year."
- 9 Used to emphasize that an action has been done. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable
"I got tell them just now."
- 10 Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable
"I got cook meals for them."
Etymology
Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.
See also for "got"
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