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gotten started

gotten started is the past participle of get started.

Meaning of get started

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
    • Come on guys, settle down, it's time to get started
  2. (transitive) To begin (an activity or event); to get something to start.
    • Get the car started and then we can set off.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to start talking about something in length.
    • He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while.2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery

Questions about gotten started

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

Words near gotten started in the dictionary

  1. gotten someone's nanny-goat
  2. gotten someone's number
  3. gotten someone's shirt out
  4. gotten something over with
  5. gotten something twisted
  6. gotten started
  7. gotten straight
  8. gotten stuck in
  9. gotten sturdy
  10. gotten taken in
  11. gotten the ball rolling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten started (page history and authors); get started (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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