Pronunciation
- UK
- US
- Australia / New Zealand
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Etymology 1
Verb
got (third-person singular simple present got or (nonstandard) gots, no present participle, simple past (by suppletion) had, no past participle)
- Expressing obligation; used with have.
I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.
- (colloquial, with to) Must; have/has (to).
I got to go study.
1971, Carole King, Gerry Goffin (lyrics and music), “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records:We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!
- (colloquial, regional or nonstandard) Have/has.
They got a new car.
He got a lot of nerve.
Verb
got
- simple past of get
We got the last bus home.
- past participle of get
By that time we’d got very cold.
I’ve got two children.
How many children have you got?
Usage notes
- (expressing obligation): "Got" is a filler word in the following example with no obvious grammatical or semantic function: "I've got to study for my exams" has the same meaning as "I have to study for my exams". It is often stressed in speech: "You've just got to see this."
- (have): In nonstandard speech, "got" may be reinterpreted as a regular present tense, so that the form gots appears in the third-person singular present, e.g. She gots a red bike.
- (past participle of get): The second sentence literally means "At some time in the past I got (obtained) two children", but in "have got" constructions like this, where "got" is used in the sense of "obtained", the sense of obtaining is lost, becoming merely one of possessing, and the sentence is in effect just a more colloquial way of saying "I have two children". Similarly, the third sentence is just a more colloquial way of saying "How many children do you have?"
- (past participle of get): The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see Usage Notes on "get" for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has mostly lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases.
Synonyms
- (must, have (to)): gotta (informal)
Etymology 2
Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau5), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.
Verb
got (indeclinable)
- (Singlish, Manglish) Have; there is (indicates possession or existence).
Got ants over here.
2010, Haresh Sharma, Those Who Can't, Teach, Epigram Books, Act II, scene iv:She sure got a lot of costume change, make-up, wig long long…
- (Singlish, auxiliary) Marks the completive or experiential aspect.
- You got shower? ― Have you showered?
- I got ski. ― I went skiing.
- I got ski before. ― I have skied before.
2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13:You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.
- (Singlish, auxiliary) Used as a marker of realis modality.
- I got go Taiwan next year. ― I’m already/actually going to Taiwan next year.
- (Singlish, auxiliary) Used to emphasize that an action has been done.
- I got tell them just now.
- (Singlish, auxiliary) Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.
- I got cook meals for them. ― I cook meals for them; I would cook meals for them (now and then or regularly).
- You got play badminton? ― Do you play badminton?
References
- Nomoto, Hiroki, Lee, Nala Huiying (2012) “Realis, factuality and derived-level statives: Perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got”, in Cahiers Chronos, volume 25, →ISSN, pages 219-239
Adjective
got (comparative bȩter or bäter)
- Alternative spelling of goot
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɔt]
- Hyphenation: got
Noun
got
- gutter (a prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water)
- Synonyms: apuran, selokan
Noun
got m (plural goc)
- (Gherdëina, Badiot) glass (drinking glass)
Bever n got de lat.- To drink a glass of milk.
Further reading
- “got”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “god”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page god
Etymology 1
From Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
Adjective
gôt (comparative bēter, superlative best)
- good
Declension
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nominative |
accusative |
dative |
genitive |
| Strong declension |
Masculine |
gôt | gôden | gôdem(e) (gôdennote) | gôdes |
Neuter |
gôt |
Feminine |
gôde | gôder(e) |
Plural |
gôde | gôden | gôder(e) |
| Weak declension |
Masculine |
gôde | gôden | gôden |
Neuter |
gôde |
Feminine |
gôden |
Plural |
gôden |
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. |
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Noun
got m
- god
Further reading
- “got”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Noun
got m
- god
Declension
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Declension of
got (masculine a-stem)
Noun
got m pers (female equivalent gotka)
- (music) goth (person who is part of the goth subculture)
Declension
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Further reading
- got in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- got in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Noun
got m (plural goți)
- Goth
Declension
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singular |
plural |
|
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
nominative/accusative |
(un) got |
gotul |
(niște) goți |
goții |
genitive/dative |
(unui) got |
gotului |
(unor) goți |
goților |
vocative |
gotule |
goților |
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Noun
got c
- (historical) Goth (member of the ancient group of peoples)
Declension
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