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verb
- 1. possess, own, or hold: "he had a new car and a boat" Similar Opposite
- 2. experience; undergo: "I went to a few parties and had a good time" Similar
auxiliary
- 1. used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood: "I have finished"
noun
- 1. people with plenty of money and possessions: informal "an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots"
- 2. a swindle. informal, dated British
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HAVE definition: 1. used with the past participle of other verbs to form the present perfect and past perfect: 2…. Learn more.
have: [verb] to hold or maintain as a possession, privilege, or entitlement. to hold in one's use, service, regard, or at one's disposal. to hold, include, or contain as a part or whole.
To have something means you possess it somehow. You may have a big house or have a lot of freckles on your nose.
v. had (hăd), hav·ing, has (hăz) v.tr. 1. a. To be in possession of: already had a car. b. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function: has a beard; had a great deal of energy. c. To possess or contain as a constituent part: a car that has air bags.
British/American have you got? / do you have? have you got? / do you have? British English. Have got is the usual verb in British English to show possession, etc. in positive statements in the present tense, in negative statements and in questions:. They’ve got a wonderful house. We haven't got a date for the opening yet. Have you got a meeting today?
36 meanings: 1. to be in material possession of; own 2. to possess as a characteristic quality or attribute 3. to receive,.... Click for more definitions.
Have definition: to possess; own; hold for use; contain. See examples of HAVE used in a sentence.
HAVE definition: 1. used with the past participle of another verb to form the present and past perfect tenses: 2…. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English have have 1 / v, əv, həv; strong hæv / S1 W1 auxiliary verb (past tense and past participle had / d, əd, həd; strong hæd /, third person singular has / z, əz, həz; strong hæz /) 1 XX used with past participles to form perfect tenses Our guests have arrived. Has anyone phoned? We’ve been spending too much money. I hadn’t seen him for 15 years. ‘I hope you’ve read the instructions.’ ‘Yes, of course I have.’ You haven’t ...
Have definition: To occupy a particular relation to. He had better do what he is told. You had best bring a raincoat in this weather.