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Definition: I'VE |
I'VE1. Colloquial contraction of I have. |
Date "I'VE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discovery | Interjection: eureka! aha! I've got it! |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: I'VE |
| English words defined with "I'VE": annihilating ♦ devastating ♦ get off ♦ normal ♦ rattlebrained, rattlepated ♦ scatterbrained, scatty ♦ unaware ♦ withering. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "I'VE": Brazen Head ♦ Deputy, Dorito Syndrome ♦ Gotch ♦ King ♦ lion food ♦ story ♦ What's a spline?. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Look, Chip, I've been waiting for you all my life (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden) For you, Brad, I've got five (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) I'd like to share a revelation that I've had, during my time here (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) Have you heard enough? I've had to listen to that for centuries (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) What I've always wanted (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) | |
Lyrics | Don't you know that I've waited for you (I've Got You; performing artist: Marc Anthony) All through the day, I've been waiting for your return (I've Got Love On My Mind; performing artist: NATALIE COLE; writing credit: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy) And I've got to let her know just in time before I go. (I've Got to Get a Message to You; performing artist: The Bee Gees) Since you been gone I've been in a trance (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special) SO WHEN IT'S MY TIME I'VE DONE IT (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) | |
Clever | To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand times. (references; author: Mark Twain) If You Can Read This, I've Lost My Trailer. (references; author: unknown) Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. (references; author: unknown) I don't approve of political jokes… I've seen too many of them get elected. (references; author: unknown) In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I've Got a Secret (1972) The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) I've Never Done That Before 8 (2002) The Work I'Ve Done (1985) | |
Song Titles | I've Found Someone of My Own (performing artist: Free Movement) I've Got to Use My Imagination (performing artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips) I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE (performing artist: Jimmy Ruffin ) The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) (performing artist: Juice Newton) To All The Girls I've Loved Before (performing artist: Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "I've stopped smoking and cut down on alcohol - and feel so good!" / WHO/French National Committee Against Smoking photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | I am a Lucky Baby I've Got the Best. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | I've supplied him with literature. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Nedra, he pronounced huskily, after a moment : I've got to leave soon, and go back to the world, and then all these beautiful days must end. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chester, I've been in some tight spots but I don't envy you now. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I've got orders to run you in, Spike : and how!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | I've got an idea for '96- I go back, I beg forgiveness, play the whole redemption bit, the reformed underdog back from Hell, I get re-elected, we take over... / / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Blondie. I've just got two minutes to catch my bus / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dust bowl farmer driving tractor with young son, near Cland, New Mexico. "I left cotton growing east of Wichita Falls to come out here to get to grow wheat. (The superior status of wheat over cotton farmers is traditional.) I guess I've made 1000 miles r. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Native Texan farmer on relief. Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas. "Tractored out" in late 1937. Now living in town, and on the verge of relief. Wife and two children. "Well, I know I've got to make a move but I don't know where to. I can stay off relief un. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Cat nap" by Dave Forsey Commentary: "Manous is another cat I've come across who likes the camera :)." | "Dell Pocket PC" by Harry De Bruijn Commentary: "I've just got my new toy in, a Dell Axim 5 PDA. I made some photo's of it, of which this one is best. I hope you like it." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alan Havhamess | I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God. |
Archimedes | Eureka! I've got it. |
Calvin Coolidge | I've never had to explain something I didn't say. |
Douglas Fairbanks | I've never felt better. |
Henny Youngman | I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o clock. |
John Keats | But let me laugh awhile, I've mickle time to grieve. |
Pierre Auguste Renoir | I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black. |
President Theodore Roosevelt | Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and I've got such a bully pulpit! |
Wendy Liebman | I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?" |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Are you the prankish elf I've heard about |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fortunately, it's better now. Maybe I've just gotten used to the routine, and I also understand how important these checkups are to my health. (references) | |
Just the knowledge that I've goofed again or I said something wrong or I feel like I did something wrong or that I didn't know what I was saying or I forgot--all of these things are just so doggone common. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust. "Chief Deputy," the Master cried, "To-day the books are to be tried By experts and accountants who Have been commissioned to go through Our office here, to see if we Have stolen injudiciously. Please have the proper entries made, The proper balances displayed, Conforming to the whole amount Of cash on hand -- which they will count. I've long admired your punctual way -- Here at the break and close of day, Confronting in your chair the crowd Of business men, whose voices loud And gestures violent you quell By some mysterious, calm spell -- Some magic lurking in your look That brings the noisiest to book And spreads a holy and profound Tranquillity o'er all around. So orderly all's done that they Who came to draw remain to pay. But now the time demands, at last, That you employ your genius vast In energies more active. Rise And shake the lightnings from your eyes; Inspire your underlings, and fling Your spirit into everything!" The Master's hand here dealt a whack Upon the Deputy's bent back, When straightway to the floor there fell A shrunken globe, a rattling shell A blackened, withered, eyeless head! The man had been a twelvemonth dead. Jamrach Holobom |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | I've always been sympathetic to women's dilemmas because, coming of age in the seventies, I quickly caught on that women wanted it all. |
Heather Mills McCartney | Or any boyfriends before that. Every guy I've been out with has asked me to marry them within a week, so, not at all. |
Jerry Lewis | I'm going to be able to do the top of the show. I'll do five or six hours, and then I've got to rest for eight, and then I'll do the balance. |
Julia Child | If I'm perfectly at ease with what I've done, I'm delighted, and if I'm not very much at ease, then I'm nervous a bit. |
Phyllis Diller | When I go to bed at night, I've got so much grease on my body, I wear snow chains to hold up my gown. |
Pierce Brosnan | Well I've done a bit of yoga throughout the years and learning some breathing exercises, but it can catch up with you at times. |
Rush Limbaugh | For the past two weeks I've been addressing the complete lack of reality, and reliance on myth and emotion, in the realm of nuclear power. |
Tim McGraw | Probably not as much as she's been a housewife when I've been out working. It's never more than a couple days if we have to do it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I didn't know it then when I walked, but I've been trying to save energy ever since. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well, the task I've set forth will long outlive our own generation. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But I've met a lot of children this past year across this country, as all of you have. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The initiative I've outlined tonight will help to close them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "I'VE": i've done ♦ i've gone off beer ♦ i've had enough of it ♦ i've had more than enough of that business! ♦ i've had my whack of fun ♦ i've lost my bearings. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "I'VE": I've-'ad-far-too-much-to-boire. | |
Containing "I'VE": Eee-by-god-i've-got-a-stomach-ache, I'm-sir-john-and-i've-got-a-spoon-and-seal-and-my-family-lies-at-kingsbere, so-i've-heard. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "I'VE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 我有. (various references) | |
Finnish | toiveeni on täyttynyt (I've got my wish). (various references) | |
French | j'ai perdu toute possibilité (i've lost my bearings). (various references) | |
German | Ich hab's. (I've got it.), Ich habe Wichtigeres zu tun. (I've other fish to fry.), ich habe mehr als genug (I've enough and to spare), Ich habe es schon erlebt. (I've known it to happen.), ich glaube, ich habe mir den Knöckel gebrochen (I think I've broken my ankle), ich glaube, ich habe mir den Fuß verstaucht (I think I've sprained my ankle), ich glaube ich habe Grippe (I think I've caught the flu), Ich glaube (I think I've been done.), ich denke mir (I've a notion that), ich bin hereingelegt worden. (I think I've been done.), Mit Ihnen bin ich fertig. (I've finished with you.), Es geht mir schon viel besser. (I've improved a lot.), Das ist mir einerlei. (I've no preference.), daß (insomuch, I've a notion that, provided that, so, so that, that). (various references) | |
Greek | στραβολαιμιάστηκα (I've got a crick in my neck). (various references) | |
Hungarian | voltam. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 目が覚めた (I've perked up), 占めた (all right, fine, I've got it). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しめた (all right, fine, I've got it), めがさめた (I've perked up). (various references) | |
Korean | 나는 가진다. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | i'veay.(various references) | |
Romanian | m-am sãturat pânã peste cap de povestea asta (i've had more than enough of that business), m-am distrat şi eu (i've had my whack of fun). (various references) | |
Russian | я сделал (i've done). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | imam (imam). (various references) | |
Swahili | nimeshaomba (I've already requested). (various references) | |
Swedish | jag har. (various references) | |
Xhosa | ndifunana (I've been looking). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-e-i-v" | |
-1 letter: vie. | |
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