Meaning of "have" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAVE

Old English habban; related to Old Norse hafa, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Latin habēre.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HAVE

have  [hæv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAVE

Have is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb have in English.

WHAT DOES HAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Have

Have or having may refer to: ▪ the concept of ownership - Max Weber states that "Have" is cognate with the German word, "Hufe", which is the share of the individual German peasant in "the garden land,arable, pasture and forest", together constituting "the hide". ▪ any concept of possession; see Possession ▪ an English verb used either: ▪ to denote linguistic possession in a broad sense ▪ as an auxiliary verb; see English auxiliaries and contractions ▪ in constructions such as have something done; see English passive voice: Additional passive constructions ▪ Having, an album by Trespassers William ▪ HAVING, a clause in the SQL programming language...

Definition of have in the English dictionary

The first definition of have in the dictionary is to be in material possession of; own. Other definition of have is to possess as a characteristic quality or attribute. Have is also to receive, take, or obtain.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HAVE

PRESENT

Present

I have

you have

he/she/it has

we have

you have

they have

Present continuous

I am having

you are having

he/she/it is having

we are having

you are having

they are having

Present perfect

I have had

you have had

he/she/it has had

we have had

you have had

they have had

Present perfect continuous

I have been having

you have been having

he/she/it has been having

we have been having

you have been having

they have been having

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I had

you had

he/she/it had

we had

you had

they had

Past continuous

I was having

you were having

he/she/it was having

we were having

you were having

they were having

Past perfect

I had had

you had had

he/she/it had had

we had had

you had had

they had had

Past perfect continuous

I had been having

you had been having

he/she/it had been having

we had been having

you had been having

they had been having

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will have

you will have

he/she/it will have

we will have

you will have

they will have

Future continuous

I will be having

you will be having

he/she/it will be having

we will be having

you will be having

they will be having

Future perfect

I will have had

you will have had

he/she/it will have had

we will have had

you will have had

they will have had

Future perfect continuous

I will have been having

you will have been having

he/she/it will have been having

we will have been having

you will have been having

they will have been having

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would have

you would have

he/she/it would have

we would have

you would have

they would have

Conditional continuous

I would be having

you would be having

he/she/it would be having

we would be having

you would be having

they would be having

Conditional perfect

I would have have

you would have have

he/she/it would have have

we would have have

you would have have

they would have have

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been having

you would have been having

he/she/it would have been having

we would have been having

you would have been having

they would have been having

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you have
we let´s have
you have

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to have

Past participle

had

Present Participle

having

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HAVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «have» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of have

accept · acquire · allow · arrange · bear · beget · boast · bring forth · bring into the world · cheat · come across · compel · consider · consume · contain · deceive · deliver · devour · down · drink · dupe · eat · endure · entertain · experience · fool · gain · get · go through · hold · include · incorporate · invite · jack up · keep · lay on · make · neck · obtain · occupy · organize · outwit · own · permit · plan · possess · procure · put up with · quaff · receive · retain · run into · secure · stiff · suffer · sustain · swindle · take · take in · tolerate · trick · undergo · wine and dine

TRANSLATION OF HAVE

Find out the translation of have to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of have from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «have» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 有
• Translator English - Spanish: tener
• English: have
• Translator English - Hindi: है
• Translator English - Arabic: يَمْلِك
• Translator English - Russian: иметь
• Translator English - Portuguese: Forma verbal
• Translator English - Bengali: আছে
• Translator English - French: avoir
• Translator English - Malay: Mempunyai
• Translator English - German: have
• Translator English - Japanese: 持っている
• Translator English - Korean: (완료형)
• Translator English - Javanese: Duwe
• Translator English - Vietnamese: có
• Translator English - Tamil: வேண்டும்
• Translator English - Marathi: आहेत
• Translator English - Turkish: var
• Translator English - Italian: avere
• Translator English - Polish: mieć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: допоміжне дієслово, вживається для утворення форм теперішнього доконаного часу
• Translator English - Romanian: a avea
• Translator English - Greek: έχω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: het
• Translator English - Swedish: ha
• Translator English - Norwegian: ha

10 QUOTES WITH «HAVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word have.

1

James Balog

When you put the subjectivity of the art together with the context of the science, you have this very powerful conjunction of opposites and together they are greater than either one could ever be.

2

Jimmy Carl Black

I got married about three years ago again to a wonderful German woman. Her name is Monika and she is beautiful. She is one of the biggest women Zappa fans I have ever met in my life.

3

John Bradshaw

In 'Reclaiming Virtue,' I argue that we have had an element missing in moral education. That element is 'affect.' Affect is simply the technical word for feeling or emotion.

4

James Callis

On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.

5

Donald Cargill

I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter.

6

Bruce Catton

The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.

7

Judy Collins

If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful.

8

Michael Corbat

If football had always been my main goal then I would have gone to some scholarship school; I could have gotten more exposure there.

9

Simon Cowell

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

10

Cindy Crawford

How many girls, models or not, are secure about their bodies? I think I'm more realistic about what to expect of myself now. I also have a lot of other things than modeling going on in my life that I'm proud of.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE»

Discover the use of have in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to have and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not is the dramatic, brutal story of Harry Morgan, an honest boat owner who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat.

Ernest Hemingway, 2002

55 Ways to Have Fun with Google

Memecodes? Googlesport? The Google Calculator? Googlepark and Google Weddings? Google hacking, fighting and rhyming? In this book, you'll find Google-related games, oddities, cartoons, tips, stories and everything else that's fun.

Philipp Lenssen, 2006

For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide/When the ...

A tie-in edition to the film adaptation of the 1975 classic is a passionate treatise on the black female experience in 20th-century America that includes the complete text, behind-the-scenes stage directions and two new poems.

Ntozake Shange, 2010

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MODERN

A summation of the work of one of the most influential and provocative interpreters of science, it aims at saving what is good and valuable in modernity and replacing the rest with a broader, fairer, and finer sense of possibility.

Bruno Latour, 2012

You Have Yourself a Deal

This is the beginning of a dramatic adventure into the world of international espionage and intrigue with a thrilling and breathtaking conclusion.

James Hadley Chase, 2000

101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees: A Manager's ...

Inappropriate attire, lateness, sexually offensive behavior, not to mention productivity and communication issues ... these are just a few of the uncomfortable topics bosses must sometimes discuss with their employees. 101 Tough ...

Paul FALCONE, 2009

I Have the Right to Destroy Myself

Dreamlike and beautiful, the South Korea brought forth in this novel is cinematic in its urgency and its reflection of contemporary life everywhere—far beyond the boundaries of the Korean peninsula.

Young-ha Kim, 2007

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey Into the ...

Originally published 15 years ago and the subject of a PBS documentary, this timely new edition offers an insightful and engaging journey into the world conservative Christians in America.

Randall Herbert Balmer, 2006

The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic ...

Economist Branko Milanovic uses history, literature and stories straight out of today's newspapers, to discuss one of the major divisions in our social lives: between the haves and the have-nots.

Branko Milanovic, 2010

Have More Money Now

So you're holding this book in your hand, wondering: Just what does this WWE Superstar know about the world of finance?

John Layfield, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term have is used in the context of the following news items.

GOP Congresswomen Have Some Advice for Their Party's 2016 …

House Republican women have some advice for the largely male field of 2016 would be GOP presidential nominees hoping to take on Hillary ... «TIME, Jul 15»

Few School Districts Have Anti-Bullying Policies Protecting LGBT …

A majority of American school districts have no policies protecting LGBT students from bullying, according to a report released Wednesday. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Commuters have become more gracious: LTA

Graciousness levels have risen from 38.6 per cent in 2012 and 42 per cent in 2013 to 61.3 per cent last year, according to the Land Transport ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»

Humans have more primitive hands than chimpanzees

Many scientists have assumed that our hands evolved their distinctive proportions over millions of years of recent evolution. But a new study ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»

Cowboys have been using strong terms for voiding guaranteed …

In contrast, undrafted offensive lineman La'El Collins will have his guarantees voided only if he retires or if he's arrested or charged in ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»

SMU's Larry Brown: We might have won a national title with …

They're all great but I felt if he was here we might have won a national championship and I was convinced that he would have a chance to be ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

CSK, RR should have been banned, says Lalit Modi

All members who allowed this facade to continue and supported N Srinivasan (former BCCI president) for so long have to immediately tender ... «India Today, Jul 15»

Young Lakers have been bad at summer league, which is just fine

LAS VEGAS -- The Los Angeles Lakers have a young core worth caring about for the first time in a very long time. Despite only getting to play ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

Hey, You Don't Have To Read Harper Lee's New Book

This is a key to that novel, I think, or have always thought: Jean Louise changed and grew up, and her understanding of Atticus broadened and ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»

Greece May Have to Sell Islands and Ruins Under Its Bailout Deal

Of all the aspects of Monday's bailout deal that Greeks found humiliating, nothing drilled into their sense of pride quite like their government's ... «TIME, Jul 15»