# cottoned

Pronunciation: say "KOT-uhnd" US /ˈkɑt.n̩d/, UK /ˈkɒt.n̩d/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of cotton. — simple past and past participle of cotton
   - Simple: Past tense of cotton. Use this form for liking something or understanding it in the past.
   - _He finally cottoned on to what they had been planning all along._
   - _Readers soon cottoned to the author's dry sense of humor._

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