Definitions for having
hav·ing

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1. havingnoun

   Something owned; possession; goods; estate.

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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

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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. Peter Harbison:

   There are worries about having lesser-trained pilots and that creating more risk, or congested airspace, air traffic control that is not adequate to support the services going through.

2. Mark Jones:

   The real policy failure is not having a program in place to recover the gun.

3. Friday Ponsetto:

   The hotel did have my phone. The hotel did end up having my phone. I did get my belongings returned to me.

4. Leland Miller:

   For a long time, investors and multinationals have not held the Chinese government accountable for having better data.

5. Captain Josh Harris:

   It’s like the seventh seal of hell out there this year. Because we’ve never experienced this before and no one ever has in recording anything having to do with the seas ever has seen anything like this, i don’t think it was fit for man or beast out there, but we were still there and that’s what makes it entertaining.

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