got‧ten /ˈɡɒtn $ ˈɡɑːtn/
American English the past participle of
get ⇒
ill-gotten gains
GRAMMARIn American English,
gotten is the usual past participle of
get:
I’d gotten an A on the test.
I heard they had gotten divorced.► In the phrase
have got to, meaning 'must',
gotten is never used instead of
got:
The deaths have got to stop.In British English,
gotten is not used. The past participle of
get in British English is
got:
I had got a letter from my sister in Australia. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲