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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To be in possession of: already had a car.
  2. v. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function: has a beard; had a great deal of energy.
  3. v. To possess or contain as a constituent part: a car that has air bags.
  4. v. To occupy a particular relation to: had many disciples.
  5. v. To possess knowledge of or facility in: has very little Spanish.
  6. v. To hold in the mind; entertain: had doubts about their loyalty.
  7. v. To use or exhibit in action: have compassion.
  8. v. To come into possession of; acquire: Not one copy of the book was to be had in the entire town.
  9. v. To receive; get: I had a letter from my cousin.
  10. v. To accept; take: I'll have the peas instead of the spinach.
  11. v. To suffer from: have defective vision.
  12. v. To be subject to the experience of: had a difficult time last winter.
  13. v. To cause to do something, as by persuasion or compulsion: had my assistant run the errand.
  14. v. To cause to be in a specified place or state: had the guests in the dining room; had everyone fascinated.
  15. v. To permit; allow: I won't have that kind of behavior in my house.
  16. v. To carry on, perform, or execute: have an argument.
  17. v. To place at a disadvantage: Your opponent in the debate had you on every issue.
  18. v. Informal To get the better of, especially by trickery or deception: They realized too late that they'd been had by a swindler.
  19. v. Informal To influence by dishonest means; bribe: an incorruptible official who could not be had.
  20. v. To procreate (offspring): wanted to have a child.
  21. v. To give birth to; bear: She's going to have a baby.
  22. v. To partake of: have lunch.
  23. v. To be obliged to; must: We simply have to get there on time.
  24. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  25. v. Used with a past participle to form the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses indicating completed action: The troublemaker has gone for good. I regretted that I had lost my temper. They will have finished by the time we arrive.
  26. n. One enjoying especially material wealth: "Almost overnight, there was a new and widespread hostility on the part of the haves toward the have-nots” ( Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.)
  27. have at To attack.
  28. have on To wear: had on red shoes.
  29. have on To be scheduled: We have a dinner party on for Friday.
  30. idiom. better Usage Problem To be wise or obliged to; should or must: He had better do what he is told. You had best bring a raincoat in this weather.
  31. idiom. have done with To stop; cease: Have done with your quibbling!
  32. idiom. have had it Informal To have endured all that one can: I've had it with their delays.
  33. idiom. have had it Informal To be in a state beyond remedy, repair, or salvage: That coat has had it.
  34. idiom. have had it Informal To have done everything that is possible or that will be permitted.
  35. idiom. have it To assert; maintain: Rumor has it that he quit.
  36. idiom. have it To think and act with respect to (something being considered): Have it your way.
  37. idiom. have it To gain a victory in a voice vote: The ayes have it.
  38. idiom. have it in for (someone) To intend to harm, especially because of a grudge.
  39. idiom. have it out To settle decisively, especially by means of an argument or a discussion.
  40. idiom. have (something) coming To deserve what one receives: You had that reprimand coming for a very long time.
  41. idiom. have to do with To be concerned or associated with.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To hold, own, or possess as an appurtenance, property, attribute, or quality; hold in possession: as, to have and to hold.
  2. To hold by accepting, receiving, obtaining, gaining, or acquiring in any way; become possessed of or endowed with; be in receipt of; get: as, he has high wages; they have had ten children.
  3. To contain or comprise as an adjunct or component part: as, the work has an index; his wit has a spice of malice.
  4. To hold for use or disposal, actually or potentially; hold the control over or right to: as, to have the floor (in debate); to have the deal (in card-playing); to have authority.
  5. To hold in exercise or consideration; entertain; maintain: as, to have a wish, opinion, or objection; to have a discussion.
  6. To possess knowledge of; be acquainted with; take the meaning of; understand.
  7. To experience; enjoy or suffer; be affected with: as, to have hospitable entertainment; to have a headache; to have one's wish.
  8. To hold in estimation; maintain; regard: followed by in or a clause.
  9. To hold in one's power or at a disadvantage.
  10. To move or remove; cause or compel to move: often reflexive, with the subject or object, or both, unexpressed: as, have it out of sight.
  11. To hold or acknowledge as a duty or necessary thing to do; be under physical or moral compulsion, constraint, necessity, or obligation to do; be obliged: followed by an infinitive with to, with or without a noun or pronoun as object: as, I have a great deal to do; I have to go; he has to refund the money.
  12. To bring into possession or use; procure; provide; take.
  13. To procure or permit to be or to be done; cause, let, allow, etc.: as, to have one's horse shod; I will not have such conduct.
  14. To be: used indefinitely in certain idiomatic expressions and phrases, mentioned below.
  15. An auxiliary forming, with the past participle of the principal verb, the compound tenses of verbs (including have), both transitive and intransitive, sometimes with another auxiliary: as, I have or had done it; he will have departed by that time; you should not have gone. In such cases the word have originally had its proper meaning as a transitive verb, and was so used at first only with another transitive verb, as denoting the possession of the object in the state indicated by the past participle of the latter verb; thus, I have received a letter means literally I possess a letter received. The construction was afterward extended to cases in which the possessor of the object and the performer of the action are not necessarily the same, as in I have written a letter, and to intransitive verbs. In the same way the Latin habere, to have, has come to be used as an auxiliary or merely a formative element in the conjngation of the verb in the Romance languages.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To possess, own, hold.
  2. v. transitive To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
  3. v. transitive To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
  4. v. Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
  5. v. must.
  6. v. transitive To give birth to.
  7. v. transitive To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  8. v. To cause to, by a command or request.
  9. v. To cause to be.
  10. v. To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
  11. v. To depict as being.
  12. v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)
  13. v. UK, slang To defeat in a fight; take.
  14. v. Ireland To be able to speak a language.
  15. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  16. v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative
  17. v. To trick, to deceive
  18. v. transitive Allow.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To hold in possession or control; to own.
  2. v. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
  3. v. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
  4. v. To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
  5. v. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
  6. v. To bear, as young.
  7. v. To hold, regard, or esteem.
  8. v. To cause or force to go; to take.
  9. v. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun
  10. v. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
  11. v. To understand.
  12. v. Slang To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. have a personal or business relationship with someone
  2. v. receive willingly something given or offered
  3. v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  4. v. have ownership or possession of
  5. v. have left
  6. v. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  7. v. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  8. v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
  9. v. undergo.
  10. v. suffer from; be ill with
  11. v. have sex with; archaic use
  12. v. have as a feature
  13. v. get something; come into possession of
  14. n. a person who possesses great material wealth
  15. v. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  16. v. be confronted with
  17. v. achieve a point or goal
  18. v. cause to be born
  19. v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  20. v. organize or be responsible for

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English haven, from Old English habban, hafian ("to have"), from Proto-Germanic *habjanan (“to have”), durative of Proto-Germanic *habjanan (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch”). Cognate with West Frisian hawwe ("to have"), Dutch hebben ("to have"), Low German hebben, hewwen ("to have"), German haben ("to have"), Danish have ("to have"), Swedish hava ("to have"), Icelandic hafa ("to have"), Latin capiō ("take", v), Russian хапать (khapat', "to seize"). More at heave. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English haven, from Old English habban. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I know I have a personal interest in this being an editor but I *have* to take issue with the title here.”

    Honestly, Research Blogging, Get over yourself

  • “Homer: Uh, Lisa, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't _have_ to think all the time.”

    Poll: Obama Leads McCain, Dominates In Key Demographics

  • “We have already discarded (I hope) It's (fill in a name) 's fault and Why the hell don't we have________!?”

    Deane Waldman: Phrases to Resist (II)

  • “You just have to wonder about the Anne Arundel KIPP school... after all, why would a charter *have* to close because it couldn't get more space?”

    In Mathews' Vault...

  • “Truly you have to read the books as it is impossible to write in a few words what it took me to write in three books about the coming 2012 cataclysm. 2012 is complex; only one-third of the worlds population will survive and it is the end of the world, the original creation in this universe…..have to read the books to understand.”

    Surviving 2012: Ian O'Neill on Discovery Channel Sunday Night | Universe Today

  • “I have to add that I don't *have* to completely get a story, as long as I get most of it by the end, and as long as it's well-written.”

    my brain, it hurts

  • “I have a bad case of Dawn Phenomenon and *have* to eat breakfast or my blood glucose keeps rising.”

    Intermittent fasting guest blog | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

  • “But as someone who loved reading both _How the Irish Saved Civilization_ and _Fahrenheit 451,_ I have to say, you _have_ to go on teaching this stuff --- tell them it's up to them to preserve it! life_of_a_fool commented at 11:55 PM~”

    Ferule & Fescue

  • “If you have an issue with a view thats expressed and *have* to comment then thats different because presumably you will at least do the author the opportunity of entering into a debate.”

    My Starbucks Music Video

  • “I'm also sort of grumpy that I'm going to have to see Knocked Up, because it's gotten to the point where it's enough of a Cultural Moment that I feel like I *have* to have some kind of opinion on it, and preferably not one based on reading ten million reviews and think-pieces.”

    romance for dummies: chapter one, don't be dumb

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