Have

Definition: Have

Have

Noun

1. A person who possesses great material wealth.

Verb

1. 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".

2. Have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France".

3. Of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling".

4. Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?".

5. Be obliged, required, or forced to; "She has to get her driver's license".

6. 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. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee".

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

9. Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc.

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

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

12. : undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up".

13. : suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis".

14. : 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. : 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. : get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front".

17. : 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. : achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day".

19. : give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!".

20. : have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable".

21. : be likely or probable; "They have to be kidding".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "have" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Have \Have\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Had; Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.]. (references)

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

have

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Have

Confutation

Verb: confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break; (destroy); overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence, reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip.

Disease

Verb: be ill; Adjective: ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; sicken, peak, pine; gasp.

Knowledge

Verb: know, ken, scan, wot; wot aware, be aware; Adjective:- of; ween, weet, trow, have, possess.

Possession

Verb: possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of; Adjective: have in hand; Adjective: own; command.

Crosswords: Have

Danish (garden, have, have got), Latin (anxious, be eager, crave, desire, formal expression of greetings, hail!, long after, to be well, wish for), Norwegian (garden), Pidgin English (to have).

Jeez you don't have to laugh at me. (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

I guess we'll just have to kill her. (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

So you don't have to pay me. Now leave me alone (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

She might have knitted it. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

Why? So you can have that too (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

So tell me have you ever really (Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain (HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

And girls they want to have fun ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun"; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper)

And you're the girl I gotta have (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard)

So I'll have to say I love you in a song (I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song; performing artist: Jim Croce)

We have the best government that money can buy. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. (references; author: Bob Hope)

Pride will have a fall. (references; author: English Proverb)

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity (references; author: unknown)

Dogs have masters. Cats have staff. (references; author: unknown)

I need not your needles, they're needless to me; for kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see; but did my neat knickers but need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed. (references; author: unknown)

Thelma and Theo have bad breath. (references; author: unknown)

They both, though, have thirty-three thick thimbles to thaw. (references; author: unknown)

They have left the thriftshop, and lost both their theatre tickets and the volume of valuable licenses and coupons for free theatrical frills and thrills. (references; author: unknown)

Two Truckee truckers truculently truckling to have truck to truck two trucks of truck. (references; author: unknown)

Where Have All the People Gone? (1974)

The Eyes Have It (1973)

I Could Never Have Sex with a Man Who Has So Little Respect for My Husband (1973)

How Things Have Changed (1971)

Every Home Should Have One (1970)

I Don't Have The Heart (performing artist: James Ingram)

What Have You Done For Me Lately (performing artist: Janet Jackson)

He'll Have To Stay (performing artist: Jeanne Black)

All I Have (performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (performing artist: Jermaine Stewart)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Hot-Rolled Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Bars and Rods That Have Been Deformed during Rolling: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? The Best of Politically Incorrect (reference)

• A Rose by Any Other Name Would Still Have Aphids: Homespun Devotions (reference)

• Cicadas and Aphids: What They Have in Common (Animals in Order) (reference)

• You Don't Have to Dread Cafeteria Duty: A Guide to Surviving Lunchroom, Recess, Bus, and 'Other Duties As Assigned' (reference)

• Rome Has Spoken: A Guide to Forgotten Papal Statements, and How They Have Changed Through the Centuries (reference)

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Periodicals

• Survey Of Compounds Which Have Been Tested For Carcinogenic Activity (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• To Have and Have Not (reference)

• What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown (reference)

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Music

• Live: What You and I Have Been Through (reference)

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High Tech

• Dad Can I Have a T Rex Please [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

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Anti-cancer drugs can now be tested on human cancer cell lines in vitro for cytotoxicity and effectiveness without the use of animals. In an assay color changes in the wells show what proportion of cultured cancer cells remain alive after they have been exposed to the test drug. The plates are read by computer, and results are automatically sent to a centralized computer where they are converted into graphic reports. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Seen are two young girls with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with a medical technician who is taking a blood sample from one of the girls while the other one looks on. The girls have undergone chemotherapy. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Ground Squirrels like this Spotted Ground Squirrel, S. spilosoma, have been involved in plague epizootics. Credit: CDC.

The last known person in the world to have smallpox of any kind. Variola minor in 23-year-old Ali Maow Maalin, Merka, Somalia. Credit: CDC.

New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA.

For the past decade astronomers have looked for vast quantities of hydrogen that were cooked ... Credit: NASA.

In honor of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's eighth anniversary, we have gift-wrapped Saturn in ... Credit: NASA.

Computer generated surface view of Gula Mons.For this image, we also have a special treat. Because the vertical scale on theseimages is so exaggerated (a factor of 22.5, remember), we thought you might wantto see what one of them would look like with a more realistic vertical scale.This image ofGula Mons( 8k) has beenaltered to more closely resemble the actual vertical scale. Credit: NASA.

Extensive wetlands lie near the town of Yellowknife, near the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada. The shallow lakes seen in this image have formed in grooves in the landscape that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Credit: NASA.

Once a vast carpet of healthy vegetation, the Amazon rain forest is changing rapidly. This image of Bolivia shows dramatic deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Loggers have cut long paths into the forest, while ranchers have cleared large blocks for their herds. Fanning out from these clear-cut areas are settlements built in radial arrangements of fields and farms. Healthy vegetation appears bright red in this image. Credit: NASA.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Heirs shall be married without disparagement, yet so that before the marriage takes place the nearest in blood to that heir shall have notice. (reference)

But the conquered, or their children, have no court, no arbitrator on earth to appeal to. (Second Treatise of Government)

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. (reference)

Clause 6: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. (reference)

Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. (reference)

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. (reference)

In all other cases, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction." (reference)

They have a world to win. (reference)

"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)

The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. (The Gettysburg Address)

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She disapproved them, which ought to have been enough

You will find I have told it you twice

I have come to dinner

You'll have to excuse me, said Arthur

If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this

In half a minute we will have the poor man out.

Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour

They have the windows open upstairs

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits

Fairer than tongue can name thee, let me have Some patient leisure to excuse myself

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You must have a helper. (references)

Have potential side effects. (references)

They might also have anemia. (references)

Business

Legal rulings have been mixed. (references)

So far 130, have been privatized. (references)

Have approximately 40% of the market. (references)

Children

Lebanon

Illiteracy rates have reached 37.5 percent. (references)

Congo

DRC children also have been found in Pointe Noire. (references)

Sri Lanka

No cases are known to have been filed under this law. (references)

Civil Liberties

Moldova

Few residents have satellite television. (references)

Mauritius

No groups have been refused registration. (references)

Belgium

These centers have a total capacity of 5,000 beds. (references)

Discrimination

Brazil

Several persons have been charged with racism since the law's enactment, mostly for the use of racial slurs. (references)

Samoa

Politics and culture reflect a heritage of chiefly privilege and power, and members of certain families have some advantages. (references)

Maldives

Women traditionally have been disadvantaged, particularly in terms of the application of Shari'a, in matters such as divorce, education, inheritance, and testimony in legal proceedings. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

Sanctions have been rare. (references)

Burma

All the loans have been closed. (references)

Egypt

Such persons have much influence. (references)

Human Rights

Cambodia

The plaintiffs have appealed the case. (references)

Sri Lanka

These cases have not yet been confirmed. (references)

Turkey

Juveniles have been detained with adults. (references)

Indigenous People

Taiwan

Critics have noted that its budget is quite small. (references)

Gabon

The Pygmies did not have adequate access to public services. (references)

South Africa

Six provinces have established houses of traditional leaders. (references)

Minorities

Kuwait

Most have admitted to Saudi or Syrian origin. (references)

East Timor

Local gangs have harassed ethnic-Malay Muslims. (references)

China

Many Uighurs have been detained for listening to RFA. (references)

Political Economy

Afghanistan

Planting is believed to have begun. (references)

Sierra Leone

Both agreements have been respected. (references)

Moldova

Further negotiations have been inconclusive. (references)

Political Rights

United Kingdom

England and Wales also have County Councils. (references)

Algeria

Two parties have failed to receive registration. (references)

Burkina Faso

Two members of civil society also have cabinet posts. (references)

Trade

Croatia

Import quotas have been phased-out. (references)

Benin

Benin does not have a free trade zone. (references)

Guatemala

To-date, there have been no equity issues. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

Taxis do not have meters. (references)

Chad

Renovations have proceeded slowly. (references)

Chad

The other hotels do not have pools. (references)

Women

Comoros

Men have the dominant role in society. (references)

Oman

Women also have made gains in the work force. (references)

Yemen

Most women have little access to basic health care. (references)

Worker Rights

Nepal

These estimates have not been verified. (references)

Italy

Some trafficked women have been killed. (references)

Mongolia

Union members have the right to strike. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "have": a fat chance you have ♦ allow one to have his own way ♦ as good luck would have it ♦ as ill luck would have it ♦ as luck may have it ♦ as luck would have it ♦ as report will have it ♦ be sorry to have troubled smb. ♦ can i have ..? ♦ can i have an apple? ♦ do you have ..? ♦ do you have any stamps? ♦ dutch have taken holland! ♦ god have mercy upon you! ♦ god have mercy! ♦ had it been a bear it would have bitten you ♦ have a baby ♦ have a bad cough ♦ have a bad memory ♦ have a bad name ♦ have a bad record ♦ have a bad smell ♦ have a bad temper ♦ have a bad time ♦ have a ball ♦ have a bank account ♦ have a bash ♦ have a bash at ♦ have a bash at smth. ♦ have a bath ♦ have a bee in one's bonnet ♦ have a big head ♦ have a bill protested ♦ have a bit of smth. ♦ have a bite ♦ have a bluish tint ♦ have a bone to pick ♦ have a bone to pick with ♦ have a bone to pick with smb. ♦ have a boomerang effect ♦ have a break ♦ have a breakfast ♦ have a breather ♦ have a brick in the hat ♦ have a brittle temper ♦ have a broad back ♦ have a bun in the oven ♦ have a burst of enthusiasm ♦ have a care! ♦ have a catnap ♦ have a change of air ♦ have a charge of ♦ have a chat ♦ have a chat with smb. ♦ have a checkup ♦ have a chip an one's shoulder ♦ have a chip on one's shoulder ♦ have a chocolate ♦ have a cigarette ♦ have a claim upon ♦ have a clean bill of health ♦ have a clean sheet ♦ have a clean slate ♦ have a clear conscience ♦ have a clear head ♦ have a close shave ♦ have a close shave of it ♦ have a close squeak ♦ have a cloud on one's brow ♦ have a cold ♦ have a command of ♦ have a common origin ♦ have a concern in smth. ♦ have a crack at smth. ♦ have a cramp ♦ have a crap ♦ have a crash ♦ have a craving for smth. ♦ have a craze ♦ have a criminal record ♦ have a critical look at ♦ have a crow to pluck ♦ have a crow to pluck with ♦ have a crush on ♦ have a crush on smb. ♦ have a cuddle ♦ have a cup of coffee ♦ have a dance ♦ have a day's rest ♦ have a defect ♦ have a dekko ♦ have a devil ♦ have a devil in one ♦ have a dialogue ♦ have a dig at smb. ♦ have a dim recollection of it ♦ have a dinner ♦ have a dip ♦ have a diploma in ♦ have a disagreement with smb. ♦ have a distrust of smb.. Additional references.

Beginning with "have": have-a, have-a-go, Have-a-nice-day, have-been, have-beens, have-buried, have-engaged, have-given, have-gun-will-travel, have-in, have-lesses, have-not, have-notes, have-nothing, have-nothings, have-nots, have-np-v-en, have-we-any-choice.

Ending with "have": automatically--have, banks-have, countries-have, countries--have, experts--have, h-have, i-have, might-potentially-have, mother-have, must-have, need-to-have, nice-to-have, side'-have, side-have, whose-tum-bum-or-thighs-would-you-rather-have, you-have.

Containing "have": might-have-beens, what-have-you.

Afrikaans

kry (get, receive), hê (have got, to have), ontvang (get, receive), bekom (get, receive). (various references)

Albanian

kam (bear, carry, enjoy, get, keep, own, possess). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملك (get hold of, hold, king, monarch, own, ownership, possess, possession, prince, property, reign, rejoice, sovereign), ‏حاز (possess), ‏تضمن (comprise, contain, embodiment, guaranty, implicate, include), ‏إضطر (be coerced, be compelled, be constrained, be forced, be obliged, coerce, compel, force, have to, impel, obligate, oblige), ‏إشتمل (comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, enclose, inclose, include, take in). (various references)

Asturian

tener (to have). (various references)

Aymara

utjaña (to have). (various references)

Basque

hartuko (will have), nauzue (you have me), eduki (have to), duzu (you have), dugu (we have), dudana (that I have), ditudala (that I have them), daukazu (you have), beharko (will have to), behar (have to), badauzkazu (you have), badaukazue (you have), badaukagu (we have). (various references)

Bemba

ukukwata (to have). (various references)

Blackfoot

ssto'si (to have a cold), onooksiksistsiko (to have bad weather), itstaki (to have), i'táámiksistsiko (to have good weather). (various references)

Breton

kaout (to have), eus (of, we have, you have). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заможен човек, имам (carry, contain, hold, make, own, possess, rejoice in, wear), пия (consume, discuss, drink, guzzle, hobnob, imbibe, lush, neck, take), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, lace, lick, master, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), получавам (derive, gain, get, obtain, receive, touch, turn), позволявам (admit, allow, authorise, authorize, enable, let, licence, license, permit, see, suffer), поканвам (ask, bid, call in, call on, invite, offer), придобивам (acquire, contract, get, harvest, pick up, purchase, take on, work up), притежавам (hold, own, possess, rejoice in, wield), преживявам (emote, experience, live through, meet with, outlive, outwear, overlive, pass through, rub along, rub on, see, subsist, survive, undergo), излъгвам (delude, hoax, jockey, pull a fast one), претърпявам (experience, meet with, suffer, undergo), ям (consume, discuss, eat, feed, mouth, partake, punish, take, taste, tuck away, victual), знам, мошеничество (blackguardism, cheat, dishonesty, fraudulence, harlotry, knavery, racketeering, rascaldom, rascality, roguery, skin, skuldggery, swiz, thimblerig, trickery), налага се, накарвам (bounce, get, make, move, predetermine, prevail, send), нареждам (arrange, bid, collocate, decree, dispose, dress, enjoin, lay out, make, ordain, order, pack, pitch, range, seriate, set, set out, set up, settle, sort out, tell, trim), обладавам (possess), карам (auto, cart, cause, drive, get along, impel, keep, lead, make, move, oar, occasion, pilot, propel, render, roll along, run, sail, serve, set, set off, start, urge on, wheel), трябва (be obliged to, have to, must, need, ought, should, take, want), раждам (be confined, bear, beget, breed, bring forth, drop, fawn, give, give birth, labor, labour, lie in wait, mother, procreate, produce, spawn, throw, whelp), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, grip, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), прекарвам (convey, lead, pass, pass away, pilot, reside, run, spend, spin out, take over, wheel). (various references)

Catalan

tenir (desire, have got, to have, wish), s'han, rebre (get, receive), obtenir (get, receive). (various references)

Cebuano

manag-iya (to have). (various references)

Chamorro

para hu gái iyo (to have). (various references)

Chinese