gotten
Past participle: acquire
Gotten is the past participle of get, used primarily in American English.
British English prefers got for all past participle uses, making gotten sound distinctly American.
The form appears in compounds: ill-gotten gains, misbegotten schemes.
I've gotten used to it means becoming accustomed; I've got used to it works too but sounds British to American ears.
Came into possession
- procuredObtained through effort
- securedMade fast or obtained
- earnedGained by effort
- gainedCame to possess
achieved · attained · purchased · bought · collected · gathered · amassed · accumulated
Clutched or understood
- comprehendedMentally absorbed meaning
- realizedBecame aware of
- perceivedBecame aware of
- discernedPerceived with effort
fathomed · caught on · figured out · worked out · absorbed · digested · recognized · apprehended
Reached full size
- turnedRotated or changed direction
- goneNo longer present
- becomeChange into another state
- changedMade or became different
transformed · developed · evolved · progressed · worsened · improved · sickened · weakened
Seized or grabbed
- developedGrew or advanced
- come down withBecome ill with
- picked upTook hold of
- fallen illBecome diseased or unwell
infected · afflicted · stricken · sickened · exposed · transmitted · contagious · symptomatic
Firmly believing something
- won overGained someone's support
- brought aroundChanged someone's opinion
- swayedMoved or persuaded
- influencedChanged by external pressure
talked into · coaxed · cajoled · moved · induced · pressured
Failed to reach
Brought to recipient
mailed · shipped · forwarded · transmitted · dispatched · awarded · granted · presented
Retaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
obtained
Came into possession
gained · achieved · attained · purchased · bought · collected · gathered · amassed · accumulated · garnered
grasped
Clutched or understood
- comprehendedMentally absorbed meaning
- realizedBecame aware of
- perceivedBecame aware of
discerned · fathomed · caught on · figured out · worked out · absorbed · digested · recognized · apprehended · followed
grown
Reached full size
changed · transformed · developed · evolved · progressed · worsened · improved · sickened · weakened · aged
caught
Seized or grabbed
- developedGrew or advanced
- come down withBecome ill with
- picked upTook hold of
fallen ill · infected · afflicted · stricken · sickened · exposed · transmitted · contagious · symptomatic
convinced
Firmly believing something
- won overGained someone's support
- brought aroundChanged someone's opinion
- swayedMoved or persuaded
talked into · influenced · coaxed · cajoled · moved · induced · pressured
missed
Failed to reach
delivered
Brought to recipient
passed · mailed · shipped · forwarded · transmitted · dispatched · awarded · granted · presented · bequeathed
payback
Retaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
comeuppance · settled · evened · avenged · squared
- past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
- grammar debatesirregardless, ain't, split infinitive, singular they, could of
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- interpretedtranslated, explained, decoded, understood, read
gottenlost
Unable to navigate
given away · given · relinquished · forfeited · missed
- gotten awaySuccessfully evaded capture
- gotten overRecovered from emotionally
- gotten lostBecame unable to navigate
- gotten rid ofRemoved or disposed of
- gotten backRetrieved or reclaimed
- gotten toAffected or arrived at