have

have [hav; ] also, as before [ “] to ['' haf]

vt.

had [had; ] unstressed [, həd, əd] having [ME haven (earlier habben) < OE habban, akin to OHG haben, ON hafa, Goth haban < IE base * kap-, to grasp > Gr kaptein, to gulp down, L capere, to take: primary sense, “to hold, have in hand”]

1. to hold in the hand or in control; own; possess [to have wealth]

2. to possess or contain as a part, characteristic, attribute, etc. [she has blue eyes; the week has seven days]

3. to be affected by or afflicted with [to have a cold]

4. to possess by way of experience; experience; undergo [have a good time]

5. to possess an understanding of; know [to have only a little Spanish]

6. to hold or keep in the mind [to have an idea]

7. to declare or state [so gossip has it]

8. to gain possession, control, or mastery of

9.

a) to get, take, receive, or obtain [to have news of someone, have a look at it]

b) to consume; eat or drink [have some tea]

10. to bear or beget (offspring)

11. to perform; carry on; engage in [to have an argument]

12.

a) to cause to [have them walk home]

b) to cause to be [have this done first]

13. to be in a certain relation to [to have brothers and sisters]

14. to feel and show [have pity on her]

15. to permit; tolerate: used in the negative [I won't have this nonsense]

16. Informal

a) to hold at a disadvantage or to overcome [I had my opponent now]

b) to deceive; take in; cheat [they were had in that business deal]

c) to engage in sexual intercourse with Have is used as an auxiliary with past participles to form phrases expressing completed action, as in the perfect tenses (Ex.: I have left, I had left, I shall have left, I would have left, etc.), and with infinitives to express obligation or necessity (Ex.: we have to go) Have got often replaces have: see GET Have is conjugated in the present indicative: (I) have, (he, she, it) has, (we, you, they) have; in the past indicative (I, he, she, it, we, you, they) had Archaic forms are: (thou) hast, hadst, (he, she, it) hath; the present subjunctive is have, the past subjunctive had

n.

a person or nation with relatively much wealth or rich resources [the haves and have-nots]

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have at

to attack; strike

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have done

to stop; get through; finish

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have had it Slang

1. to be exhausted, defeated, disgusted, bored, ready to quit, etc.

2. to be no longer popular, useful, accepted, etc.

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have it good

Informal to be in comfortable circumstances

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have it off

[Brit. Slang] to have sexual intercourse

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have it out

to settle an issue, disagreement, etc. by fighting or discussion

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have on

1. to be wearing; be dressed in

2. [Brit. Informal] to fool (someone) by playing on the person's credulity; trick; kid [you're having me on, aren't you?]

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☆ have to be

Informal to be unquestionably or without doubt [this has to be the best movie of the year]

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have to do with

see phrase under DO¹

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to have and to hold

to possess for life: phrase used in certain marriage services