Definitions for Having
Hav·ing

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1. havingnoun

   Something owned; possession; goods; estate.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Havingnoun

   Etymology: from have.

   1. Possession; estate; fortune.

   My having is not much;
   I’ll make division of my present with you:
   Hold, there’s half my coffer. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   2. The act or state of possessing.

   Of the one side was alleged the having a picture, which the other wanted; of the other side, the first striking the shield. Philip Sidney.

   Thou art not for the fashion of these times,
   Where none will sweat but for promotion;
   And having that, do choak their service up,
   Even with the having. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   3. Behaviour; regularity. This is still retained in the Scottish dialect.

   The gentleman is of no having: he kept company with the wild prince and Poinz: he is of too high a region; he knows too much. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

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1. Having

   of Have

2. Havingnoun

   possession; goods; estate

Freebase(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Having

   Having is the third album by the American rock band Trespassers William. It was released on 28 February 2006 on Nettwerk Records.

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1. havingverb

   Verb form of the word have.

   We were having dinner when we got the good news, the wedding date had been changed to a few months earlier.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 1, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Having' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #254

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Having' in Written Corpus Frequency: #246

How to pronounce Having?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Having in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Having in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Having in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Having in a Sentence

1. Summer Barrios:

   This isn't going to go away anytime soon, long-haulers are having to decide between working or losing their jobs or choosing treatment -- if they're lucky enough to even get into a long-hauler clinic.

2. Sonya Hightower:

   Air marshals are exhausted, they are having memory loss, they are being forgetful. At some point, they are working long enough hours that they are legally intoxicated. ... They can't move. They can't respond fast to things. And the agency was not prepared for someone to document that as well as Harvard did in their study.

3. Pete Cunningham:

   If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes.

4. John Kirton:

   The global economy is slower than many had hoped and thought it would have been half a year ago, and we may have a mini financial crisis or a mini shock out of China, which is having a negative effect in many of the G20 members.

5. Francesco Cappuccio:

   I don't think there is too much sleep, [but] if you find yourself having difficulty getting up, there are reasons.

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