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have
verb has, had, having
    1. To possess or own.
      Example: They have a big house
    2. To possess as a characteristic or quality.
      Example: He has brown eyes
      Thesaurus: possess, hold, comprise, contain, include.
    3. To receive, obtain or take.
      Example: I'll have a drink
      Example: He had a look
      Thesaurus: get, procure, acquire, obtain, secure.
    4. To think of or hold in the mind.
      Example: I have an idea
    5. To experience, enjoy or suffer.
      Example: You'll have a good time
      Example: I have a headache
      Example: I had my car stolen
    6. To be in a specified state.
      Example: The book has a page missing
    7. To arrange or hold.
      Example: I'm having a party
    8. To take part in something.
      Example: We had a conversation
    9. To cause, order or invite someone to do something or something to be done.
      Example: You should have your hair cut
      Example: They had him fired
    10. To state or assert.
      Example: Rumour has it that they've only just met
    11. To place.
      Example: I'll have the fridge in this corner
    12. To eat or drink.
      Example: I had beans and chips
    13. To gain an advantage over or control of someone.
      Example: You have me on that point
    14. colloq
      To cheat or deceive.
      Example: You've been had
      Thesaurus: deceive, cheat, dupe, fool, outwit, swindle, trick.
    15. To show or feel.
      Example: I have no pity for them
      Example: She had the goodness to leave
    16. To accept or tolerate
      Example: I won't have any of that!
    17. To receive as a guest.
      Example: We're having people to dinner
    18. To be pregnant with or give birth to (a baby, etc).
      Example: She had a boy
    19. coarse slang
      To have sexual intercourse with someone.
    20. To possess a knowledge of something.
      Example: I have some French
auxiliary verb
    1. Used with a past participle to show that the action or actions described have been completed, as in I have made the cake and She has been there many times.
noun
    1. colloq
      People who have wealth and the security it brings.
      Example: the haves and the have-nots
      Form: haves
    2. slang
      A trick or swindle.
Idiom: had better ... (had best ...)
    Would do best to ....
      Example: I had better be off
Idiom: had rather ... (had sooner ...)
    Would consider preferable that ....
      Example: I had rather you didn't bother
Idiom: have had it
    To be dead, ruined or exhausted.
    To have missed one's opportunity.
    To become unfashionable.
Idiom: have it coming
    colloq
    To deserve the bad luck, punishment, etc that one will get.
Idiom: have it in for someone
    colloq
    To feel hostile towards them and wish to cause them unpleasantness.
Idiom: have it in one
    To have the courage or ability within oneself (to do something).
Idiom: have it off with someone (have it away with someone)
    (rit)
    coarse slang
    To have sexual intercourse with them.
Idiom: have it out
    To settle a disagreement by arguing or discussing it frankly.
Idiom: have it so good
    Note: usually with negatives
    To have very many material benefits.
Idiom: have to be
    To surely be.
      Example: That has to be the reason
Idiom: have to be something (have to do something)
    To be required to be or do it.
      Example: He had to run fast
      Example: We had to be gentle
      Thesaurus: be obliged to, must, ought to, should, be compelled to, be forced to, be obliged to, be required to.
Idiom: have to do with someone
    To have dealings with them.
Idiom: have to do with something
    To be of relevance to it.
Idiom: have what it takes
    colloq
    To have the required qualities or ability.
Idiom: I have it! (I've got it!)
    I have found the answer, solution, etc.
Idiom: let someone have it
    colloq
    To launch an attack on them, either physical or verbal.
Idiom: not be having any of that
    To be unwilling to accept or tolerate the thing mentioned.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon habban.

Phrasal Verb: have at someone
    To make an opening attack on them, especially in fencing.
Phrasal Verb: have someone on
    To trick or tease them.
Phrasal Verb: have something on
    To be wearing it.To have an engagement or appointment.
Phrasal Verb: have something on someone
    To have information about them, especially adverse or incriminating information.
Phrasal Verb: have something out
    To have (a tooth, etc) extracted or removed.
Phrasal Verb: have someone up for something
    To bring them to court to answer (a charge)
      Example: He was had up for robbery.
Info:
    A common error is the insertion of an extra have after had in sentences such as:


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