have

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NGSL Rank: 8
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Meanings
verb
  • possess, own, or hold.
    E.g. he had a new car and a boat
  • experience; undergo.
    E.g. I went to a few parties and had a good time
  • be obliged or find it necessary to do the specified thing.
    E.g. you don't have to accept this situation
  • perform the action indicated by the noun specified (used especially in spoken English as an alternative to a more specific verb).
    E.g. he had a look round
  • show (a personal attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude.
    E.g. he had little patience with technological gadgetry
  • place or keep (something) in a particular position.
    E.g. Mary had her back to me
  • be the recipient of (something sent, given, or done).
    E.g. she had a letter from Mark
verb
  • used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.
    E.g. I have finished
noun
  • people with plenty of money and possessions.
    E.g. an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots
  • a swindle.

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