Standard Lemma guide

got

name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɒt/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ɡɔt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɡɑt/
  • /ɡaʔ/ African-American
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Boston, New-England: /ɡʌt/
  • Boston, New-England: /ɡɒt/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ɡɔt/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒt
  • CMU ARPABET: G AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Game of Thrones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of geranyl-pyrophosphate-olivetolic acid geranyltransferase or geranyl-diphosphate:olivetolate geranyltransferase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of global offset table.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

Expressing obligation; used with have.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: no-past-participle, no-present-participle

Examples

  • I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

Must; have/has (to).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle

Examples

  • I got to go study.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

Have/has.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, nonstandard, regional

Examples

  • They got a new car.
  • He got a lot of nerve.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

simple past of get

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, past

Examples

  • We got the last bus home.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

past participle of get

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • By that time we’d got very cold.
  • I’ve got two children.
  • How many children have you got?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

Have; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Manglish, Singlish, invariable

Examples

  • You got problem is it?
  • Got ants over here.
  • Got car! Got car!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

Marks the completive or experiential aspect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

Examples

  • You got shower?
  • I got ski.
  • I got ski before.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ever

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

Used as a marker of realis modality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

Examples

  • I got go Taiwan next year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

Used to emphasize that an action has been done.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

Examples

  • I got tell them just now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable

Examples

  • I got cook meals for them.
  • You got play badminton?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau5), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.