Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gotten ahead

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
got-ten a-head
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of get ahead

American usage

Usage

Questions

What does gotten ahead mean?
past participle of get ahead

How to pronounce gotten ahead

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