HAD

Definition: HAD

HAD

Imperative & past participle

1. See Have.

2. Of Have

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

Etymology: Had \Had\, imp. & past participle. of Have. [Old English had, hafde, hefde, Anglo-Saxon h[ae]fde.]. (references)

HAD

HAD

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

Contempt

Phrase: "a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn"; "I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman".

Dearness

Not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value.

Drunkenness

Inter pocula; in liquor, the worse for liquor; having had a drop too much, half seas over, three sheets in the wind, three sheets to the wind; under the table.

Impossibility

Impracticable unachievable; unfeasible, infeasible; insuperable; unsurmountable, insurmountable; unattainable, unobtainable; out of reach, out of the question; not to be had, not to be thought of; beyond control; desperate; (hopeless); incompatible; inaccessible, uncomeatable, impassable, impervious, innavigable, inextricable; self-contradictory.

Inattention

Phrase: the attention wanders; one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting; it never entered into one's head; the mind running on other things; one's thoughts being elsewhere; had it been a bear it would have bitten you.

Insufficiency

Scant; (small); scarce; not to be had, not to be had for love or money, not to be had at any price; scurvy; stingy; at the end of one's tether; without resources; in want; (poor); in debt.

Oldness

Verb: be old; Adjective: have had its day, have seen its day; become old; Adjective: age, fade, senesce.

Temperance

Know when one has had enough, know one's limit.

The Past

Verb: be past; Adjective: have expired; Adjective:, have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over.

Willingness

Verb: be willing; Adjective: incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire.

Crosswords: HAD

Czech (sand-viper, serpent, snake), Danish (hate), Dutch (had), Hungarian (army, army troops, naval air service), Latin (haddock(= fish)), Serbo-Croatian (hades, hell), Turkish (boundary, extremity, limit, limitation, measure, stint), Welsh (seed).

What? Three months at Gitmo, and you've never had a meal (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

You've never had an orgasm (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

I never had one. We were too poor (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden)

Just what I had in mind (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I had my whole life ahead of me. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

She's all, she's all I ever had (She's all I ever had; performing artist: Ricky Martin)

You're only the best I ever had (Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning); performing artist: Vertical Horizon)

Ooh you had me crawling up the wall (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC)

And even though we had different daddies (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

After all I knew it had to be something to do with you. (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Saw It... Wanted It... Had A Fit... Got It! (references; author: unknown)

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. (references; author: unknown)

Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch. (references; author: unknown)

You're trailer trash when your junior prom had a day-care. (references; author: unknown)

Big Billy, who had a big belly was also a big bully. (references; author: unknown)

Ed had edited it. (references; author: unknown)

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? (references; author: unknown)

Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)

The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)

Malish had (1954)

The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)

Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949)

If You Had My Love (performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

If I Had A Hammer (performing artist: Paul and Mary Peter)

Old MacDonald Had A Band (performing artist: Raffi)

She's All I Ever Had (performing artist: Ricky Martin)

Never Had A Dream Come True (performing artist: S Club 7)

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

Books

• I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (reference)

• Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Little Golden Book) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fun Songs for Kids: Old MacDonald Had a Farm (reference)

• It Had to Be You (reference)

• 25 Fun Songs For Kids - Old MacDonald Had a Farm (reference)

• The Girl Who Had Everything (reference)

• When Women had Tails (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• It Had to Be You (reference)

• It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook (reference)

• You Had It Coming (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Mary Had a Little Lamb (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

Seen is melanoma with the diameter that had changed in size. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

An adult black man is pictured here alone. He was diagnosed as having osteogenic sarcoma in his upper left arm. Surgeons performed a new procedure implanting a metal rod in place of the cancerous bone. Since muscle and tendon were saved, he is able to use his left arm. Surgeons could attempt this daring new technique since the cancer had not spread. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

This 50 year old female had been a carder in a wool factory for 6 years. This lesion is on the 8th day of the illness. Cutaneous anthrax usually occurs after skin contact with contaminated meat, wool, hides, or leather from infected animals. Credit: CDC.

Patient also had polycystic kidneys. Credit: CDC.

Although the giant star Mira has been known for about 400 years, astronomers have had to wait ... Credit: NASA.

Just when it seemed like the summer movie season had ended, two of NASA's Great Observatories ... Credit: NASA.

Plane table mapping in the mangroves in the southern Sulu Sea In the same area that a crocodile had attacked John Bond. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Francis X. Popper surveying in vicinity of mangroves Had to lookout for crocodiles as well as Japanese Regimental navigator for Army amphibious engineers. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Nahant Hotel at Long Beach. This hotel was constructed of stone and had over one hundred rooms. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A Great Blue Heron trying valiantly to swallow a large fish. He finally had to give up. Credit: America's Coastlines.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We have also granted to all freemen of our kingdom, for us and our heirs forever, all the underwritten liberties, to be had and held by them and their heirs, of us and our heirs forever. (reference)

My wife had a share in my estate; that neither could I forfeit. (Second Treatise of Government)

Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution in favor of a convention, and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so (with the exception of Rhode Island) promptly appointed delegates. (reference)

The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. (reference)

If it had been intended to leave it in the discretion of the legislature to apportion the judicial power between the supreme and inferior courts according to the will of that body, it would certainly have been useless to have proceeded further than to have defined the judicial power, and the tribunals in which it should be vested. (reference)

They had to be burst asunder; they were burst asunder. (reference)

Where the risk had not attached, money paid by way of premium or otherwise shall be recoverable from the insurer. (reference)

I do not believe we should all have slept so soundly had the positions been reversed and if some Communist or neo-Fascist State monopolized for the time being these dread agencies. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (reference)

What others in Congress and the state legislatures had in mind cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Had you witnessed my behaviour there, I can hardly suppose you would ever have thought well of me again

He had hardly done so before the Professor was back again, quite out of breath

That was the thing he had set his heart upon

But, up to that epoch of my life, I had lived in vain

It appeared that the clue which he thought he had was broken

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

He had loose redbrown hair and tender shapely strong freckled hands

Had you such leisure in the time of death To gaze upon these secrets of the deep

Fella had a story

Next I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me he had not a drop of vinegar in his camp

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The child had meningitis. (references)

She had had chickenpox as a child. (references)

Has had success with your condition. (references)

Business

The store had more than 300 employees. (references)

Vasteras Airport in 1999 had 108,000 passengers. (references)

Also, the country never had any indigenous car manufacturers. (references)

Children

Afghanistan

The AIA authorities had lifted these restrictions by year's end. (references)

Chile

The 1992 census found that 288,000 citizens said that they had some form of disability. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Those families that kept their children in public schools had to pay administrative fees. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

Many had their homes destroyed. (references)

China

At year's end he had not been sentenced. (references)

Lebanon

The cases had not been tried by year's end. (references)

Discrimination

Brazil

The others had not yet been tried at year's end. (references)

Romania

The two houses had not reconciled their versions by year's end. (references)

Economic History

Eritrea

By 1998, the army had shrunk to 47,000. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

Work had not resumed by year's end. (references)

Russia

Two of the corpses had ears cut off. (references)

Nepal

He had been arrested the previous day. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

A verdict on the case had not been announced by year's end. (references)

Congo

They usually are considered socially inferior and had little political voice. (references)

Bangladesh

Tribal people have had a marginal ability to influence decisions concerning the use of their lands. (references)

Minorities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Police had no suspects in the case at year's end. (references)

Ethiopia

Construction at the site had not resumed by year's end. (references)

Bulgaria

No one had been arrested for the incident at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The NDP had held power for 16 years. (references)

Sudan

These sentences had not been carried out by year's end. (references)

Vietnam

Mr. Manh had previously been Chairman of the National Assembly. (references)

Political Rights

United Arab Emirates

No observers had been named by year's end. (references)

Latvia

The case had not been heard by year's end. (references)

Uzbekistan

Only 16 of the 250 winning candidates had been nominated by citizens' initiative groups. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

The Porto-Franco in Odessa had free port status. (references)

Nicaragua

These tariffs had been lowered under a 1997 tax reform law. (references)

Kazakhstan

The bonds had a spread of 500 basis points over U.S. Treasury bonds. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Prior to that, there had been no civil disturbances targeted at foreign investors in the past five years. (references)

Sweden

The two countries have had a long history of educational exchanges at the student and professorial level. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

There is a large staff of medical specialists affiliated with the hospital, most of whom have had some medical training in France. (references)

Women

Armenia

By June 12 persons had been convicted for rape. (references)

Macedonia

A hot line remained open, but had limited hours. (references)

Nepal

The two men had been charged under the Public Offense Act. (references)

Worker Rights

Maldives

These laws had not been enacted by year's end. (references)

Croatia

The HEP negotiations had not resumed by year's end. (references)

Belarus

These provisions had not been implemented by year's end. (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 "HAD": be had ♦ Fillister screw had ♦ Had as lief ♦ Had as soon ♦ had best ♦ had better ♦ had i only known! ♦ had it been a bear it would have bitten you ♦ had it not been that ♦ Had like ♦ Had rather ♦ had to use the golden key with him ♦ had tree ♦ have had ♦ have had a bellyful of ♦ have had a bellyful of smb. ♦ have had a bowel movement ♦ have had it ♦ have had one over the eight ♦ have had one's chips ♦ have you had recent news of? ♦ he had a narrow escape ♦ he had a rough time ♦ he had not fired a round ♦ he had to leave ♦ he has never had it so good ♦ he's had a bellyful ♦ he's had a drop too much ♦ how long have you had this room? ♦ i had a dream that ♦ i had no idea ♦ i have had a plateful ♦ i have had enough of it! ♦ i have had enough! ♦ i have had no notice of this ♦ i haven't had a bite all day ♦ if i had known ♦ it has had its day ♦ i've had enough of it ♦ i've had more than enough of that business! ♦ i've had my whack of fun ♦ know when one has had enough ♦ not to be had at any price ♦ nothing untoward had happened ♦ they had ♦ they had words ♦ this wall had a decided list ♦ we had a good neighbourhood ♦ we had a royal time ♦ what You Get Is What You Never Thought You Had ♦ you had best ♦ you had best go ♦ you had better ♦ you had better go ♦ you had better not. Additional references.

Beginning with "HAD": had-all, had-been, had-done, had-felt, had-had, had-it-off, had-longer, had-married, had-no, had-to, had-working.

Ending with "HAD": ashtrays-had, birkenhead-had, had-had, h-had, h-h-h-had, itself-had, lenin'-had, meith-had, power-had, pyramids-had, right-had, she-had, smiles-had, theirs-had.

Containing "HAD": never-had-it-so-good.

Afrikaans

gehad. (various references)

Albanian

patur. (various references)

Arabic 

‏لو كنت أعلم (if I had known). (various references)

Breton

bet (been, how many). (various references)

Bulgarian 

за предпочитане (had rather, preferable, preferably), по-добре би било да (you had better). (various references)

Chinese 

有 (Buttoned, buttoned-up, Buttoning, HAS, have, Having, Pressed, Pressing, press-up). (various references)

Czech

nemìla, min.èas i příè.min. od have, mìli, mìl. (various references)

Danish

haft. (various references)

Dutch

had, gehad. (various references)

Farsi 

زمان ماضی واسم مفعول فعلevah . (various references)

Finnish

hänen oli käydä huonosti (he had a narrow escape, he very nearly came to a sad end), huvittelimme perusteellisesti (we had a high old time), heillä oli vanhaa vihaa (they had on old grudge), haetti sen minulla (had me bring it, sent me for it), häntä onnisti (he had luck), häntä kohtasi onnettomuus (he had an accident, he met with an accident), hänen oli pakko lähteä (he had to leave, he was compelled to leave, he was obliged to go), hänen ei ollut vaikea päästä ulos (he had no difficulty in getting out), hänelle suotiin kunnia (he had the honour), hänellä ei ollut mitään sanottavaa puolustustukseksi (he had nothing to say for himself), hän pelastui nipin napin (he had a narrow escape), hän pelastui hädintuskin (he escaped by the skin of his teeth, he had a narrow escape), hän oli kyllin järkevä . . kseen (he had the sense to), hän uskalsi (he had the face to), hänet ryöstettiin putipuhtaaksi (he was robbed of every penny he had), ei tepsinyt (had no effect), meillä oli kivaa (we had great fun), meillä oli hyvin hauskaa (we had a good time), kuvun tasoittamisen jälkeen syöpyvät hitsit (welds attacked after the reinforcement had been planed down), käytettävänäni olleet lähteet (the sources I have had access to), joko olet lounastanut? (have you had lunch already?), ja pöytäkirjan luettuamme olemme allekirjoittaneet sen (and after having had the foregoing read aloud to us, we have signed the present instrument), ei ole saatavissa (is not available, is not to be had), ellei heitä olisi ollut (but for them, if it had not been for them), en milloinkaan ole niin säikähtänyt (I never had such a fright), älä huoli mennä (you had better not go), meillä oli vieraita (we had company), annoin korjata sen (I had it repaired), oli esillä (had been set out), vähilla oli vähiten virheitä (had the fewest mistakes), tuskin oli hänen päässyt sitä sanomasta, kun (he had scarcely uttered that when), tunsi itsensä hylätyksi (had a feeling of rejection), tauti uusiutui (disease recurred, the patient had a relapse), tarkoitukseni ei ollut (I did not mean to, I had no intention of), töintuskin pelastui (had a near escape, narrowly escaped), sinun olisi paras lähteä (you had better go), siitä ei ollut apua (it did not help, it had no effect, it was of no avail), sain palkankorotuksen (I had a raise), sain odottaa (I had to wait, I was kept waiting), on akateemisesti sivistynyt (has had a university education), olisi viisainta lähteä (it would be a wise thing to go, we had better go), meillä oli rattoisaa (we had a jolly good time), oli kuolleessa pisteessä (had reached a deadlock, was at a stalemate), meillä oli vastatuuli (we had the wind against us), oletko kuullut hänestä ? (have you had any news of him?), olen levännyt kyllikseni (I have had a good rest), nauroin makeasti (I had a good laugh), näyteltiin 20 kertaa (had a run of 20 nights), minun täytyi (I had to), minun olisi paras laittautua tieheni (I had better make tracks), minun oli se maksettava (I had to pay it). (various references)

Flemish

gehad. (various references)

French

eu. (various references)

French Canadian

eu. (various references)

German

hatte. (various references)

Greek 

είχες (you had), είχε (he had, she had), είχαμε (we had), είχα (I had), αόρ. του have. (various references)

Hebrew 

מוטב ש- (had better, it is better that), לא ידעתי כלל (I had no idea), לא היה לי מושג (I had no idea), רצוי ש- (you had better). (various references)

Hungarian

van vkinek vmije (have, to have), túljár az eszén vkinek (have, to have), rendelkezik vmivel (have, to command, to have, to possess), mond (have, say, tell, to have, to mind one's p's and q's, to pronounce, to say a few words, to snarl, to tell, to term, told), megenged (allow, permit, to admit, to admit of, to allow of, to grant, to have, to tolerate, to vouchsafe, vouchsafe), enged (allow, cede, gave, give in, give up, give way, given, let, relent, relinquish, to allow of, to comply with, to give, to give it best, to give the green light, to give way to, to have, to knuckle down, to lower one's flag, to relent, to slacken, to strike one's flag, to submit, to uncoop, yield), elkölt (have, strangulate, to have), elfogyaszt (eat, have, to consume, to have, to ingest, to mop up, to use up, to waste), bír vmit (have, to be in the clear, to have). (various references)

Indonesian

cengis (had odor, loathsome, nauseating). (various references)

Italian

avuto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

経験者 (experienced person, person who has had a particular experience), 経験済み (already had an experience, experienced), 直話 (account one gotfrom somebody at first hand, one's own account, story one had direct from), するが良い (had better..., hereupon, may as well..., slip intoplace, smoothly, thereupon), 懲り懲り (having had enough of, learning to ones sorrow), 一睡もしなかった (had a sleepless night). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

するがよい (had better..., may as well...), するよろし (had better..., may as well...), いっすいもしなかった (had a sleepless night), こりごり (having had enough of, learning to ones sorrow), けいけんずみ (already had an experience, experienced), けいけんしゃ (experienced person, person who has had a particular experience), じきわ (account one gotfrom somebody at first hand, story one had direct from). (various references)

Korean 

가졌다. (various references)

Luganda

mbadde (I had). (various references)

Luxembourgish

hat, haat. (various references)

Manx

ry-gheddyn (allowable, allowable expenses, available, obtainable, procurable, receivable, to be had), Hioll mee (I had well nigh), dobbyr dou (I had well nigh). (various references)

Pig Latin

adhay.(various references)

Portuguese

teve. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

teve. (various references)

Romanian

trecut şi participiu trecut de la have, avut (moneyed, pecunious, propertied, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well off, well to do). (various references)

Russian 

иметь быть. (various references)

Scottish

raoine (a young barren cow that had calf). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sanjao sam da (I had a dream that), radije (had rather, preferably, rather), nemam pojma (I had no idea), bolje bi bilo (you had better), bilo bi bolje (had better). (various references)

Spanish

yo tuve, yo teni/a, tenido (held, kept), pretérito/participio pasado de have, pret y pp de have. (various references)

Swedish

hade. (various references)

Tswana

nne (four). (various references)

Turkish

gitsen daha iyi (you had better go), önemini yitirdi (it has had its day), alacağını almak (have had one's chips), bıkmak (be sickened with, be tired of, get bored, get the willies, get tired, have done with, have had a bellyful of, sicken, tire, wearisome, wearisome of, weary), bıktım (enough, enough of that, I am sick of it, I am through with it, I am thru with it, I am tired of it, I have had enough of it), bütün fırsatı kullanmış olmak (have had one's chips), benden paso (fain i, fains i, I have had enough), çok doydum (I have had enough, I have had enough of it), burama kadar geldi (I have had enough of it), yeterinde aldım (I have had enough), gitsen iyi olur (you had better go), illallah demek (have had a bellyful of), modası geçti (it has had its day), oldu“u (that had), yapmasan daha iyi (you had better not), yapmasan iyi olur (you had better not), bu kadarı yeter (I have had enough). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hành động lừa bịp (has, have). (various references)

Melanogrammus aeglefinus. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "HAD": hadal, hadarim, haddest, haddock, haddocks, hade, haded, hades, hading, hadith, hadiths, hadj, hadjee, hadjees, hadjes, hadji, hadjis, hadron, hadronic, hadrons, hadrosaur, hadrosaurs, hadst. (additional references)

Words ending with "HAD": chad, jehad, jihad, shad. (additional references)

Words containing "HAD": bahadur, bahadurs, beshadow, beshadowed, beshadowing, beshadows, chadar, chadarim, chadars, chadless, chador, chadors, chadri, chads, countershading, countershadings, eyeshade, eyeshades, foreshadow, foreshadowed, foreshadower, foreshadowers, foreshadowing, foreshadows, jehads, jihads, khaddar, khaddars, khadi, khadis, lymphadenitis, lymphadenitises, lymphadenopathies, lymphadenopathy, menhaden, menhadens, methadon, methadone, methadones, methadons, nightshade, nightshades, overshadow, overshadowed, overshadowing, overshadows, pachadom, pachadoms, pashadom, pashadoms, rhadamanthine. (additional references)

Misspellings

"HAD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahad, ahc, ahd, ahdaf, Ahf, ahh, ghid, haad, hac, hada, hadd, Haddy, hadg, hadi, Hadji, hadn, hads, hady, hafde, hai, haid, Hajdu, Hamda, Hamdu, haq, hau, haud, haudy, hav, Hawd, hax, hd, Hdab, hdb, hdn, Hdo, hed, hedg, hedo, hedy, Hfa, hibd, hidd, hido, Hidy, higd, hiod, hmav, hmd, hnd, hoad, hodd, hodi, hody, hodz, Hoxd, hrad, hrd, hrdd, Huda, hudd, hudo, Hvad, hvat, hyd, jhad, Lhda, Nha, Ohad, phad, qad, rhad, vad, vha, Vhaf, whad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dah.

-1 letter: ad, ah, ha.

+1 letter: chad, dahl, dahs, dash, dhak, dhal, hade, hadj, haed, hand, hard, head, shad.

+2 letters: aahed, ached, ahead, ahold, aphid, ashed, chads, chard, dacha, dahls, dashi, dashy, deash, death, dhaks, dhals, hadal, haded, hades, hadji, hadst, haled, halid, hands, handy, hards, hardy, hared, hated, hawed, hayed, hazed, heads, heady, heard, hexad, hoard, hodad, honda, hydra, jehad, jihad, khadi, kheda, sadhe, sadhu, shade, shads, shady, shard.