Got

//ɡɒt// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of geranyl-pyrophosphate-olivetolic acid geranyltransferase or geranyl-diphosphate:olivetolate geranyltransferase. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of global offset table. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    simple past of get form-of, past

    "We got the last bus home."

  3. 3
    Have; there is (indicates possession or existence). Manglish, Singlish, invariable

    "Got problem is it?"

  4. 4
    Must; have/has (to). colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle

    "I got to go study."

  5. 5
    past participle of get form-of, participle, past

    "By that time we’d got very cold."

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  1. 6
    Marks the completive or experiential aspect. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

    "You got shower?"

  2. 7
    Have/has. colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, nonstandard, regional

    "They got a new car."

  3. 8
    Used as a marker of realis modality. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

    "I got go Taiwan next year."

  4. 9
    Used to emphasize that an action has been done. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

    "I got tell them just now."

  5. 10
    Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense. Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

    "I got cook meals for them."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Game of Thrones. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”). alt-of, alternative

Example

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"Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning."

Etymology

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.

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