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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Interrogative auxiliary verb 1.5.1 Usage notes 1.6 See also

English

Etymology

Old English habban.

Pronunciation

• AHD: /hăv/, /həv/ (unstressed), /əv/ (unstressed); in sense of "have to": /hăf/
• IPA: /hæv/, /həv/ (unstressed), /əv/ (unstressed); in sense of "have to": /hæf/
• SAMPA: /h{v<tt>/, /<tt>h@v/ (unstressed), /@v/ (unstressed); in sense of "have to": /h{f/
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Verb

Infinitive to have

Third person singular has or, archaic, hath

Simple past had

Past participle had

Present participle having

• Further archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast and second-person singular past tense hadst.

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To possess, own, hold.

1. I have a house and a car.

   Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!

2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).

1. I have two sisters.

   The dog down the street has a lax owner.

2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To partake of a particular substance or action.

1. I have breakfast at six o'clock

   Can I have a look at that?

2. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect tense.

   I have already eaten today.

3. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.

   I have to go.

4. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To give birth to.

1. The couple always wanted to have children.

   My wife is having the baby right now!

2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

1. He's always bragging about how many women he's had.

2. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command or request.

   They had me feed their dog while they were out of down.

3. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

   The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.

   I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.

4. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

   She had him arrested for trespassing.

   The movie's ending had the entire audience in tears.

5. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

   Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.

Derived terms

• be had
• have to
• have it in for
• have it off
• have kittens

Translations

to possess

Albanian: ka Bosnian: imati Catalan: haver Chinese: 有 (yǒu) Croatian: imati Czech: mít Danish: have Dutch: hebben Esperanto: havi Finnish: omistaa French: avoir German: haben de Greek: έχω Indonesian: punya Italian: avere Japanese: 持つ (もつ, motsu) Korean: 가지다 (kajida) Kurdish: hebûn, heyîn

Latin: habere Norwegian: å ha, har, hadde Novial: have Old English: habban Polish: mieć Portuguese: ter Romanian: a avea Russian: иметь Serbian: Cyrillic: имати Roman: imati Slovak: mať Slovene: imeti Spanish: tener Swedish: äga Tagalog: magkaroón Ukrainian: мати

to partake of something

French: prendre

Novial: prenda

auxiliary used in forming the perfect tense

Esperanto: esti, jam (with verb in simple tense) Finnish: olla French: avoir (for most verbs), être (for some intransitive verbs and all reflexive verbs) Greek: έχω German: haben, sein

Italian: avere (for most verbs), essere (for some intransitive verbs and all reflexive verbs) Norwegian: har hat Novial: ha Old English: habban Spanish: haber Swedish: ha

Verb

to have to

1. (auxiliary verb) See have to

Interrogative auxiliary verb

have ...? (third-person singular has ...?, third-person singular negative hasn't ...? or has ... not?, negative for all other persons, singular and plural haven't ...? or have ... not?); in each case, the ellipsis stands for a pronoun

1. Used with a following pronoun to form tag questions after statements that use "have" to form the perfect tense or (in UK usage) that use "have" in the present tense.

   “We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?”

   “Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?”

   “I'd bet that student hasn't studied yet, have they?”

   “You've known all along, haven't you?”

   “The sun has already set, has it not?”

   (UK usage) “He has some money, hasn't he?” (see usage notes below)

Usage notes

• This construction forms a tag that converts a present perfect tense sentence into a question. The tag always uses an object pronoun substituting for the subject. Negative sentences use has or have, distinguished by number. Affirmative sentences use the same followed by not, or alternatively, more commonly, and less formally, hasn't or haven't.
• In American usage, this construction does not apply to present tense sentences with has or have, or their negations, as a verb; it does not apply either to the construction "have got". In those cases, use "does" or its negation instead. For example: "He has some money, doesn't he?" and "I have got enough time, don't I?" These constructions with "do", "does", "don't" or "doesn't" are considered incorrect in UK usage.

See also

• perfect tenseang:have

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