Definitions of Have [æv; unstressed həv, əv; for]

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Definition of 'Have'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) have
to possess; own; hold for use; contain:
I have property. The work has an index.

2.  have
to accept in some relation:
He wants to marry her, if she'll have him.

3.  have
to get; receive; take:
to have a part in a play; to have news.

4.  have
to experience, undergo, or endure:
Have a good time. He had a heart attack.

5.  have
to hold in mind, sight, etc.:
to have doubts.

6.  have
to cause to, as by command or invitation:
Have him come here at five.

7.  have
to be in a certain relation to:
She has three cousins.

8.  have
to show or exhibit in action or words:
She had the crust to refuse my invitation.

9.  have
to be identified or distinguished by; possess the characteristic of:
This wood has a silky texture.

10.  have
to engage in; carry on:
to have a talk; to have a fight.

11.  have
to partake of; eat or drink:
We had cake for dessert.

12.  have
to permit; allow:
I will not have any talking during the concert.

13.  have
to assert or represent as being:
Rumor has it that she's moving.

14.  have
to give birth to; beget:
to have a baby.

15.  have
to hold an advantage over:
He has you there.

16.  have
to outwit; deceive; cheat:
We realized we'd been had by a con artist.

17.  have
to control or possess through bribery; bribe.

18.  have
to gain possession of:
There is none to be had at that price.

19.  have
to hold or put in a certain position or situation:
The problem had me stumped.

20.  have
to exercise; display:
Have pity on them.

21.  have
to invite or cause to be present as a companion or guest:
We had Evelyn over for dinner.

22.  have
to engage in sexual intercourse with.

23.  have
to know or be skilled in:
to have neither Latin nor Greek.

24. (v.i.) have
to be in possession of money or wealth:
those who have and those who have not.

25. (auxiliary verb.) have
(used with a past participle to form perfect tenses):
She has gone. I would have felt better if the hotel had cost less.

26.  have
to be required, compelled, or under obligation (fol. by infinitival to, with or without a main verb):
I have to leave now.

27.  have
have at, to attack with vigor.

28. (n.) have
one that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits.

29.  have
to be tired and disgusted:
I've had it with your excuses.

30.  have
to be ready for discarding, as something shabby, old, or no longer useful or popular.

31.  have
to be connected or associated with:
Your ambition had a lot to do with your success.

32.  have
to deal with; be concerned with.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME haven,habben, OE habban, c. OS hebbian, OHG habēn, ON hafa, Go haban)

Definition of 'Have'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) rich person, wealthy person, have
a person who possesses great material wealth

2. (verb) have, have got, hold
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
"She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

3. (verb) have, feature
have as a feature
"This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

4. (verb) experience, receive, have, get
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
"get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

5. (verb) own, have, possess
have ownership or possession of
"He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

6. (verb) get, let, have
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
"He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"

7. (verb) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

8. (verb) have
have a personal or business relationship with someone
"have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"

9. (verb) hold, throw, have, make, give
organize or be responsible for
"hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"

10. (verb) have
have left
"I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"

11. (verb) have
be confronted with
"What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"

12. (verb) have, experience
undergo
"The stocks had a fast run-up"

13. (verb) have
suffer from; be ill with
"She has arthritis"

14. (verb) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

15. (verb) accept, take, have
receive willingly something given or offered
"The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

16. (verb) receive, have
get something; come into possession of
"receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

17. (verb) suffer, sustain, have, get
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

18. (verb) have, get, make
achieve a point or goal
"Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"

19. (verb) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
cause to be born
"My wife had twins yesterday!"

20. (verb) take, have
have sex with; archaic use
"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"

Definition of 'Have'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1.  have
used with the past participle to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses
She has visited Japan.; Have you seen Kelly recently?; He hadn't expected me to be there.

2.  have
have to
must, be obliged to
The doctor said she has to eat more.; Do I have to show my passport at the border?

3.  have
indicates how to do sth
You have to push on the lid to open it.

4.  have
indicates you think sth is certain
The weather has to improve sooner or later.; We have to be very close now.

5. (verb) have
to possess or own
Do you have a car?; They've got a vacation home at the beach.

6.  have
to hold or be in possession of
Who has the keys?

7.  have
indicates sb or sth's appearance or circumstances
She's got brown eyes.; I have three brothers and a sister.; The company has a branch in New York.; He doesn't have a job.

8.  have
to eat or drink
Have you had a drink?

9.  have
to experience
I've got an idea.; She had doubts about seeing him again.

10.  have
to be affected by an illness
to have a backache/headache; to have the flu/a cold/cancer

11.  have
have sth done
to arrange for sb to do sth for you
We're having the house painted next week.

12.  have
used with a noun to mean do
Have a listen to this music.

13.  have
have a baby/boy/girl
to give birth
Did she have a girl or a boy?

14.  have
have had it
indicates sb is annoyed and wants sth to stop
I've had it with your nasty little comments!

15.  have
to be in a very bad state or situation
My computer's had it - I need a new one.

Definition of 'Have'

Webster Dictionary

1. Have
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2. Have
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3. (verb) Have
to hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm

4. (verb) Have
to possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one

5. (verb) Have
to accept possession of; to take or accept

6. (verb) Have
to get possession of; to obtain; to get

7. (verb) Have
to cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require

8. (verb) Have
to bear, as young; as, she has just had a child

9. (verb) Have
to hold, regard, or esteem

10. (verb) Have
to cause or force to go; to take

11. (verb) Have
to take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion

12. (verb) Have
to be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive

13. (verb) Have
to understand

14. (verb) Have
to put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him

Translation of 'Have'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: used with past participle of other verbs to show that an action is in the indefinite past and has been completed I've bought a new dictionary; Has he gone yet?.
Afrikaans: het	Arabic: يُسْتَعْمل مع صيغة الفِعل	Bulgarian: спомагателен глагол за ми
Brazilian: (ter)	Czech: (pomocné sloveso v předpř	German: Imperfekt
Danish: have	Greek: έχω (με παθ. μτχ. για το	Spanish: tener
Estonian: olema	Farsi: به عنوان فعل کمکی بکار می	Finnish: olla
French: avoir	Hebrew: הֲטַיָית עָבַר	Hindi: पास होना
Croatian: pomocni glagol imati (Pre	Hungarian: (a„befejezett jelen”)	Indonesian: telah
Icelandic: hafa	Italian: avere	Japanese: 完了形をつくる
Korean: …했다, …해버렸다	Lithuanian: yra (padaręs)	Latvian: (kā palīgdarbības vārds)
Malay: telah; sudah	Dutch: hebben	Norwegian: ha
Polish: (czasownik posiłkowy)	Persian: به عنوان فعل کمکی بکار می	Pashto: د مرستندوی فعل ته استعمال
Portuguese: (ter)	Romanian: a avea	Russian: уже (сделать что-л.)
Serbian: doživeti nešto	Swedish: ha	Thai: ใช้ใน Present Perfect Ten
Turkish: yardımcı fiil-The Present	Taiwanese: 與過去分詞連用，構成過去或現在完成式	Ukrainian: як допоміжне дієслово для
Urdu: دوسرے افعال کے ماضی ماضیہ	Vietnamese: dùng với quá khứ phân từ	Chinese: 与其他动词组合表示过去时态，用以构成完成式及完成式
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