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Meaning of "what have you" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHAT HAVE YOU

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WHAT DOES WHAT HAVE YOU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of what have you in the English dictionary

The definition of what have you in the dictionary is someone, something, or somewhere unknown or unspecified.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHAT HAVE YOU

what
what a lark!
what about
what for
what if
what is more
what makes someone tick
what matter
what price something?
what the doctor ordered
what you will
what-d´ye-call-her
what-d´ye-call-him
what-d´ye-call-it
what-d´you-call-it
what-for
what-ho
what-if
what´s the odds?
what´s up?

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHAT HAVE YOU

after you
allyou
bayou
bully for you
you
good on you
mind you
not with you
pleased to meet you
poyou
see you
thank you
thank-you
you

Synonyms and antonyms of what have you in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «what have you» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHAT HAVE YOU

Find out the translation of what have you to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of what have you from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «what have you» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

你有什么
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lo que tienen
570 millions of speakers

English

what have you
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तुम क्या है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ماذا لديكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

что там у вас
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o que você tem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপনার কি আছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ce que vous avez
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apa yang ada padamu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

was haben Sie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あなたに何を持っている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당신이 무엇을 가지고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apa sampeyan duwe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

những gì có bạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உனக்கு என்ன வேண்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुला काय आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sende ne var
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quello che hai
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cóżeś
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

що там у вас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceea ce ai
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τι έχετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wat het jy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vad har du
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hva har du
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of what have you

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHAT HAVE YOU»

The term «what have you» is very widely used and occupies the 1.835 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHAT HAVE YOU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about what have you

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10 QUOTES WITH «WHAT HAVE YOU»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word what have you.
1
Rosecrans Baldwin
Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting out of the bowl - a corkscrew or what have you, a flattened pig's tail, a whorling braid notched one to 20.
2
Steve Case
Most of the people who had PCs did not have modems and could not use those PCs as communicating devices. They really were using them for spreadsheets or word processing or storing recipes or playing games or what have you.
3
Eric Allin Cornell
The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you.
4
Dick Ebersol
The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won? When faced with the prospect of heavy financial losses, we have consistently walked away and have done so again.
5
Greg van Eekhout
Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting you more, and your parents' influence is going to wane. Middle grade is when a lot of kids discover their passions - art, music, sports, what have you.
6
Stedman Graham
If you did the same thing you did yesterday as you did today as you will do tomorrow, what have you done? The same thing.
7
Peter Hammill
I suppose, in a way, one could say I may be less interested in my career than the audience is. Not to mean that I'm disinterested in my career, but I don't see it in terms of one stepping stone or, 'Now I'm going to go into my blue phase,' or what have you.
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Naomie Harris
I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.
9
Kim Hunter
A lot of more modern films seem to just be out for violence or sex or what have you, without relating it to what's going within human beings. But every now and then one comes along that does that, and it's a joy.
10
Lee Iacocca
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHAT HAVE YOU»

Discover the use of what have you in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to what have you and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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What Have You Changed Your Mind About?
Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about?
Mr. John Brockman, 2009
2
What Have You Done to Our Ears to Make Us Hear Echoes?: Poems
This debut book of poems explores the experience of immigration, calling up images of the abandoned country known only through stories and memories and the universal feeling of homesickness shared by those embarking on lives in new places.
Arlene Kim, 2011
3
What Have You Lost?
What have you lost? A friend? A brother? A wallet? A memory? A meaning? A year? Each Night Images, dream news, fragments, flash then fade. These darkened walls. Here, I say. Climb into this story. Be remembered!
Naomi Shihab Nye, 2001
4
What Have You Got to Lose?: Experience a Richer Life By ...
Read this book. Stephen Arterburn, bestselling author of The Every Man's Battle series, is a nationally renowned expert on helping men and women take life-changing actions to improve their lives.
Stephen Arterburn, 2007
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What Have You Done Now, Eugene?: The Story of Gene Mingo, #21
Perhaps due to finding success too quickly, Gene developed a tendency to fall in with a bad crowd. His poor choices led to near tragedy, but he always found a home on the football field. Gene Mingo's story isn't simple.
Gene Mingo, Carol Strickland, 2012
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What Have You Done?: The Inside Stories of Auditioning, from ...
This process is often a dreaded, nerve-wracking trial by fire, but it is also a source of many a great story. What Have You Done? is a treasure trove of such stories.
Louis Zorich, 2009
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Jenny Craig's What Have You Got to Lose: A Personalized ...
A Personalized Weight Management Program Jenny Craig. to doing it. On your Personal Exercise Menu Planner write down the time you realistically expect to spend on each activity you entered. If you can ride your bicycle twice around the  ...
Jenny Craig, 2013
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And what have you done?: a novel
Fiction. Latin American Studies. African American Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Enrica J. Ardemagni. This poignant story follows Tito as he takes two journeys.
José Castro Urioste, Enrica J. Ardemagni, 2008
9
America! What Have You Done To The Auld Game?
Attitudes. and. Slow. Play. Are you fit to play golf? "^ "V T" "That kind of question is that? Isn't my money as good as the \ \ I next man's? To answer a question with two others tells the V V enquirer what he wants to know. No, you're probably not ...
W. Eric Laing
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What Have You Got to Lose?: New World Tropical Rainforests
14 lesson plans address the biology and people of New World rainforests.
Carol E. Murphey, 1992

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHAT HAVE YOU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term what have you is used in the context of the following news items.
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What have you avoided out of spite?
What media have you spitefully avoided because someone you don't like recommended it to you? My college girlfriend bought me Winesburg, Ohio for my 20th ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Apr 15»
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Fiorina: 'What Have You, Mrs. Clinton, Accomplished on Behalf of …
The first question Fiorina was asked had to do with ongoing questions about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email address. "Well, look, I think that Hillary ... «The Weekly Standard, Mar 15»

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