got

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♦♦♦ got /g'ɒt/
1
Got is the past tense and past participle of get.
2 [PHRASE] have inflects, PHR n
You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use `got'. (SPOKEN)
I've got a coat just like this...
She hasn't got a work permit...
Have you got any ideas?...
Every city's got its good and bad points...
After a pause he asked, `You got any identification?'
= have
3 [PHRASE]
You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the `have' is sometimes omitted. (SPOKEN)
I'm not happy with the situation, but I've just got to accept it...
There has got to be a degree of flexibility...
See, you got to work very hard.
= must
4 [PHRASE]
People sometimes use have got to in order to emphasize that they are certain that something is true, because of the facts or circumstances involved. In informal American English, the `have' is sometimes omitted. (SPOKEN)
We'll do what we got to do.
= must

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