verb
got
got
verb
1
Past tense and past participle of "get" — to have received, obtained, or acquired something.
"She got a promotion after only six months."
"We got tickets to the final game."
2
Used with "have" to say something is in your possession right now, or that you must do something.
"I've got two brothers and a sister."
"You've got to finish this by Friday."
How to Use Got
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe past tense of "get" — used for having, receiving, or needing to do something.
Common mistake
"Have got" (I've got a car) is informal for "have" (I have a car); avoid "have got" in formal writing.
When to use it
"Gotta" and dropping "have" ("I got a car") are casual speech, not standard written English.
Common pairings
got to go
got it
have got
Word Forms
had past tense, got singular, gots singular
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Etymology
The past form of "get", itself from Old Norse geta, meaning "to obtain" or "to guess".