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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.
1. a. : to hold or maintain as a possession, privilege, or entitlement. they have a new car. I have my rights. b. : to hold in one's use, service, regard, or at one's disposal. the group will have enough tickets for everyone.
To have something means you possess it somehow. You may have a big house or have a lot of freckles on your nose. English gives us a lot of ways to have — this is a common word. You can have brown eyes and black hair, have the flu, have a red bike, and have strong feelings about football.
Definition of have verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. 2. To occupy a particular relation to: had many disciples. 3. To possess knowledge of or facility in: has very little Spanish. 4.
have, being the most general word, admits of the widest range of application: to have money, rights, discretion, a disease, a glimpse, an idea; to have a friend's umbrella. To hold is to have in one’s grasp or one’s control, but not necessarily as one’s own: to hold stakes.
To possess an understanding of; know. To have only a little Spanish. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (53) Synonyms: partake. participate. indulge. engage. carry on.
Have definition: to possess; own; hold for use; contain. See examples of HAVE used in a sentence.
used to say that you feel certain that something is true or will happen: Interest rates have to come down at some point. There's (= there has) got to be a better way of doing this. have. verb. uk strong / hæv / weak / həv, əv, v / us past tense and past participle had | present tense singular has. have verb (OWN)
The word have is used with certain subjects, such as I, we, you, one, and they, to mean much the same thing as the expression "there is'' or "there are,'' namely, that the object after have exists, or that the object is under consideration for discussion: Let's see what we have here (= Let's see what there is here).
