got

got
[[t]gɒ̱t[/t]]
♦
1) Got is the past tense and past participle of get.
2) PHRASE: have inflects, PHR n You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use `got'. [SPOKEN]

I've got a coat just like this...

She hasn't got a work permit...

Have you got any ideas?...

Every city's got its good and bad points...

After a pause he asked, `You got any identification?'

Syn:
3) PHR-MODAL You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the `have' is sometimes omitted. [SPOKEN]

I'm not happy with the situation, but I've just got to accept it...

There has got to be a degree of flexibility...

See, you got to work very hard.

Syn:
4) PHR-MODAL (emphasis) People sometimes use have got to in order to emphasize that they are certain that something is true, because of the facts or circumstances involved. In informal American English, the `have' is sometimes omitted. [SPOKEN]

We'll do what we got to do.

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  • got — The past and past participle of get is as productive of idiom as the verb as a whole. Some noteworthy uses are informal and verge on the non standard: a) Use with to infinitive, meaning ‘to have an opportunity to’: This was considered a bonus for …   Modern English usage

  • GOT — steht für: Glutamat Oxalacetat Transaminase, ein Enzym Flughafen Göteborg Landvetter in Schweden (IATA Code) Gebührenordnung für Tierärzte Ganz Offene Tür (Bezeichnung für pädagogische Nachmittagsbetreuung, bspw. in Jugendzentren) Got kann… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Got — steht für: Glutamat Oxalacetat Transaminase, ein Enzym Flughafen Göteborg Landvetter in Schweden (IATA Code) Gebührenordnung für Tierärzte Ganz Offene Tür (Bezeichnung für pädagogische Nachmittagsbetreuung, bspw. in Jugendzentren) Got kann… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • got — [gɔt US ga:t] the past tense and a participle of ↑get ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ HINT sense 1 You cannot say I/he/she etc got in the present tense. Say you have something or have got something: I ve got (NOT I got) a new bike. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • GOT — can mean:* GOT, IATA code of Gothenburg Landvetter Airport * GOT, ISO 639 2 code for the Gothic language * God of Thunder , a video game * GOT an abbreviation for the Great orthogonality theorem * Global Offset Table …   Wikipedia

  • got — GOT, goţi, s.m. (La pl.) Neam germanic, originar din Scandinavia, care prin sec. II a început să migreze spre sud, fiind semnalat în secolul următor şi pe teritoriul ţării noastre; (şi la sg.) persoană aparţinând acestui neam. – Din fr. Goths,… …   Dicționar Român

  • Got — Got, imp. & p. p. of {Get}. See {Get}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • got — /got/, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of get. auxiliary verb. 2. Informal. must; have got (fol. by an infinitive). Usage. See get. * * * …   Universalium

  • GOT — GOT: Abk. für ↑ Glutamat Oxalacetat Transaminase. * * * GOT,   Abkürzung für Glutamat Oxalacetat Transaminase (Transaminasen) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Got — Assez énigmatique dans sa sécheresse, ce nom peut renvoyer soit au peuple goth, soit à un verre à boire (catalan got < latin guttum), soit à une autre origine. Si vous pouvez m aider …   Noms de famille

  • got|ra — «GOT ruh», noun. the large, folded cloth of the Arab headdress or kaffiyeh. It is held in place by a band of twisted cord wrapped around the head. ╂[< Arabic gu ] …   Useful english dictionary

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