verb

definition

To possess, own.

example

I have a house and a car.

definition

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

example

Do you have the key? (not necessarily one's own key)

definition

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

example

I have a really mean boss.

definition

To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

example

Can I have a look at that?

definition

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

example

Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.

definition

To experience, go through, undergo.

example

He had surgery on his hip yesterday.

definition

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

example

He had a cold last week.

definition

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

example

I had already eaten.

definition

Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

example

They haven't eaten dinner yet, have they?

definition

(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

example

I have to go.

definition

To give birth to.

example

My mother had me when she was 25.

definition

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

example

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

definition

To accept as a romantic partner.

example

Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.

definition

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

example

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

definition

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

example

He had him arrested for trespassing.

definition

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

example

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

definition

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

example

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

definition

To defeat in a fight; take.

example

I could have him!

definition

(obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

example

I have no German.

definition

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

example

Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.

definition

To trick, to deceive.

example

You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.

definition

(often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

example

I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.

definition

(often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

example

I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.

definition

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

example

Thank you for having me!

definition

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

example

I have two contacts on my scope.

definition

(of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

example

We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.

definition

To make an observation of (a bird species).

noun

definition

The act of possessing; ownership.

definition

Something owned; possession; goods; estate.

definition

A person's behaviour.

definition

(chiefly in the plural) Good manners.

adjective

definition

Grasping; greedy.

Examples of having in a Sentence

I'm having too much fun.

At last, having become quite rich, he decided to go home.

There's nothing wrong with having a different opinion.

He and Uncle Hugson have been having a fine visit.

Was he having second thoughts as well?

Maybe they were having a fight.

Having a baby was something they should be excited about - talking about to others.

Having said all of that, government should certainly be watched with a suspicious eye, for it could conceivably delay or derail our ascent to the next golden age.

What would give him the idea that she enjoyed having him carry her across the creek?

Having said this she went up to the doctor.

Having no way to refuse, she followed him to the campfire of their host.

She was having a hard time of it, but she was breathing.

Under other circumstances, she might have enjoyed having the upper hand, but right now she didn't feel much like playing games.

She found Felipa and Destiny in the dining room where they were having an ice cream snack.

Pierre paid no more attention to this occurrence than to the rest of what went on, having made up his mind once for all that what he saw happening around him that evening was in some way essential.

She was having an affair with her boss.

I'm having a great time.

Are you having a party?

Thirty minutes later she was walking down the drive to meet Connie, never having betrayed his trust.

It was better having something to do.

While Howie was joyous that the kidnapper might be apprehended, he remained shaken by having watched the abduction.

She will insist on having her hair put in curl papers when she is so sleepy she can scarcely stand.

Having bathed, he sat down to re-create his intellectual man.

It is only necessary for one powerful nation like Russia--barbaric as she is said to be--to place herself disinterestedly at the head of an alliance having for its object the maintenance of the balance of power of Europe, and it would save the world!

Having received all his orders Alpatych, wearing a white beaver hat--a present from the prince--and carrying a stick as the prince did, went out accompanied by his family.

Having written this and given the paper to Alpatych, he told him how to arrange for departure of the prince, the princess, his son, and the boy's tutor, and how and where to let him know immediately.

It was nice having Alex home all day and having the family together, but all good things come to an end.

If they rushed in, a good defense attorney was rewarded by having a great day in court.

I'm not having a good morning.

You are more important to me than having children.

I owe you and I don't like having debts.

I enjoy having a play described to me while it is being acted on the stage far more than reading it, because then it seems as if I were living in the midst of stirring events.

I think Mr. Keith is a wonderful teacher, and I feel very grateful to him for having made me see the beauty of Mathematics.

We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.

She took a pair of pear-shaped ruby earrings from her huge reticule and, having given them to the rosy Natasha, who beamed with the pleasure of her saint's-day fete, turned away at once and addressed herself to Pierre.

Having cleared the way Denisov stopped at the end of the bridge.

What part of 'wealthy' were you having problems understanding?

I was just having fun with them; I love you.

Here I sit, having to listen to a sobbing lady instead of being on my way to more pleasant chores.

I'm not having a good afternoon.

She led them into Kris.s room again and slammed the door, vaguely pissed at the Ancient for having the only door that locked in the whole castle.

I'm having a bit of trouble with that.

Ah, we're having champagne.

It is amusing to read in one of the magazines of 1895 that Miss Keller "has a just and intelligent appreciation of different composers from having literally felt their music, Schumann being her favourite."

For Miss Keller to spell a sentence in the manual alphabet impresses it on her mind just as we learn a thing from having heard it many times and can call back the memory of its sound.

Despite his apparently delicate build Prince Andrew could endure physical fatigue far better than many very muscular men, and on the night of the battle, having arrived at Krems excited but not weary, with dispatches from Dokhturov to Kutuzov, he was sent immediately with a special dispatch to Brunn.

Having heard Rostov to the end, the general shook his head gravely.

He wasn't opposed to having it, but he insisted on sharing it in fair business - and with his wife, more or less.

She was right, of course, but having mama stand there watching her suffer was just as upsetting for Destiny.

The seclusion she knew well, having been brought up less than five miles from this house.

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