how to pronounce gotten

/ˈɡɑːtən/

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gotten is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gotten in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… one in particular we've gotten to peek …”

meanings of gotten

verb:

Past participle of get.

adjective:

Obtained, acquired.

gotten frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word gotten occurs in english on average 62.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gotten can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gotten can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;