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gotten in

gotten in is the past participle of get in.

Meaning of get in

Verb

get in (third-person singular simple present gets in, present participle getting in, simple past got in, past participle (UK) got in or (US) gotten in)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
  2. (transitive) To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
    • Hurry up and get in the car!
  3. (intransitive) To enter a place; to gain access.
    • If you want to get in, you'll need the gate code and a key.
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To secure membership at a selective school.
    • All of our students who applied to university got in.
  5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be elected to some office.
    • Do the early results say our candidate will get in?
  6. (transitive) To fit (words) into a conversation etc.
    • "That'll be all right, governor," hastily got in Fank, though similar experiences in the past prompted him not to be entirely impressed by a receiver's methods.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

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Questions about gotten in

What is gotten in the past participle of?
Gotten in is the past participle of get in.

Words near gotten in in the dictionary

  1. gotten high
  2. gotten hitched
  3. gotten hold of
  4. gotten home
  5. gotten ideas
  6. gotten in
  7. gotten in on
  8. gotten in one's way
  9. gotten in someone's pants
  10. gotten in the boat and rowed
  11. gotten in the boat and started rowing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten in (page history and authors); get in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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