have

Plural: haves

Noun

• A wealthy person, often used in contrast to 'have-nots'.
• a person who possesses great material wealth
• A wealthy or privileged person.
• One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
• A fraud or deception; something misleading.

Verb

Verb Forms: had, haddest, hadst, having, hast, has, hath

• To possess, own, or hold; to experience or undergo.
• have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
• have as a feature
• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • "have a feeling"
• have ownership or possession of
  • "How many cars does she have?"
• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
• serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
• have a personal or business relationship with someone
  • "have a postdoc"
  • "have an assistant"
  • "have a lover"
• organize or be responsible for
  • "have, throw, or make a party"
• have left
  • "I have two years left"
  • "I don't have any money left"
  • "They have two more years before they retire"
• be confronted with
  • "What do we have here?"
  • "Now we have a fine mess"
• undergo
• suffer from; be ill with
• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
• 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!"
• get something; come into possession of
• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
• achieve a point or goal
• cause to be born
• have sex with; archaic use
• To possess, own.
• To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
• To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
• Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
• To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
• To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
• To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
• To experience, go through, undergo.
• To be afflicted with, suffer from.
• Used in forming the perfect aspect.
• Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
• See have to.
• To give birth to.
• To obtain.
• To engage in sexual intercourse with.
• To accept as a romantic partner.
• To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
• To cause to be.
• To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
• To depict as being.
• To defeat in a fight; take.
• To inflict punishment or retribution on.
• To be able to speak (a language).
• To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
• To trick, to deceive.
• To allow; to tolerate.
• To believe, buy, be taken in by.
• To host someone; to take in as a guest.
• To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
• To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
• To make an observation of (a bird species).
• To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
• To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.

Examples

• A government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial.
• Ah! Now I have it!
• Can I have a look at that?
• Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
• Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
• Do you have the key?
• Fred won’t be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
• He had a cold last week.
• He had him arrested for trespassing.
• He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
• He has some money, hasn’t he?
• He's having a tantrum about it.
• Her very boyfriend is the person the criminal has do most of her dirty deeds.
• He’s always bragging about how many women he’s had.
• I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
• I bought a laptop online but it never arrived. I think I've been had!
• I could have him!
• I have a house and a car.
• I have a lot of work to do.
• I have a really mean boss.
• I have already eaten today.
• I have breakfast at six o'clock.
• I have no German.
• I have to go.
• I have two contacts on my scope.
• I have two sisters.
• I hope you have a wonderful birthday.
• I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
• I will have left by the time you get here.
• I'd better have my watch repaired today: tomorrow I have to have my hair cut before having pictures taken for my passport.
• I’m going to have a bath now.
• I’m having the time of my life!
• I’ve had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
• I’ve worked here for exactly four years, one month and 10 days.
• Jim has his eyes closed.
• Let’s have a game of tiddlywinks.
• Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
• Mom's gone real mad, she has.
• My mother had me when she was 25.
• My wife is having the baby right now!
• She doesn’t have any friends.
• She's had more than enough time already.
• Thank you for having me!
• The American Revolution has influenced every democratic process in Europe since the 19th c.
• The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
• The couple always wanted to have children.
• The dogs have eaten your dinner, and I ate the last of the frozen burgers this morning.
• The floor has had oil dropped all over it.
• The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
• The lecture’s ending had the entire audience in tears.
• The movie has lots of action.
• The Scrabble HAVE always had the best letters, or so it seemed.
• The stove has a handle. The shirt has sleeves.
• The substance you describe can't be had at any price.
• The universe is expanding and has been since its beginning.
• The words cow and dog have three letters.
• Their stories differed; he said he’d been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
• They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
• They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
• They haven’t eaten dinner yet, have they?
• This is the first (and last) time I've eaten lobster.
• This year we're having Christmas with my wife's family in Thunder Bay.
• To HAVE a winning strategy, one must plan several moves ahead.
• We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
• We’ll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
• What class do you have right now? I have English.
• What do you have for problem two?
• You broke the window! Teacher’ll have you for that!
• You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
• You've already had five drinks!
• Your wife hasn’t been reading that nonsense, has she?

Synonyms

accept, bear, birth, cause, consume, deliver, experience, feature, get, give, give birth, have got, hold, induce, ingest, let, make, own, possess, receive, rich person, stimulate, suffer, sustain, take, take in, throw, wealthy person, copulate with, have one's way with, sleep with

Antonyms

abstain, lack, refuse, have-not

Related Words

auxiliary verb, past tense, perfect tense