Usually means: Must; informal contraction of "got to."
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  1. gotta: Merriam-Webster
  2. gotta: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gotta: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gotta: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. gotta: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. gotta: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Gotta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  15. gotta: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  16. gotta: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ verb:  (colloquial) Synonym of have got to, have to
▸ verb:  (colloquial) Contraction of got a.


Opposite:
don't have to, needn't

Phrases:
a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, She's Gotta Have It, I Gotta Feeling, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, more...

Adjectives:
fish, sure, else, white, yous, bad, jest, square, good



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Opposite:
don't have to, needn't

Phrases:
a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, She's Gotta Have It, I Gotta Feeling, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, You Gotta Be, The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades, more...

Adjectives:
fish, sure, else, white, yous, bad, jest, square, good




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