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- [got-uh]
- /ˈgɒt ə/
- /ˈɡɒt.ə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [got-uh]
- /ˈgɒt ə/
Definitions of gotta word
- noun gotta Have got to (not acceptable in standard use). 1
- verbal expression gotta got to 1
- verbal expression gotta got a 1
- noun gotta Gotta is used in written English to represent the words 'got to' when they are pronounced informally, with the meaning 'have to' or 'must'. 0
- verb gotta (have or has) got to 0
- contraction gotta (Informal) Contraction of got to. 0
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Parts of speech for Gotta
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gotta popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gotta usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with gotta
- why you gotta be so mean?
- you gotta know when to hold em?
- why you gotta be so rude lyrics?
- why you gotta do me like that?
- why ya gotta be so mean?
- you gotta do what you gotta do?
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do?
- a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do?
- why ya gotta be so rude?
- tyrese why you gotta act like that?
- why you gotta be so cruel?
- why you gotta be so complicated?
- why you gotta?
- do what you gotta do?
- we gotta get right back to where we started from?
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