have
verb
[ hav ]
• possess, own, or hold.
• "he had a new car and a boat"
Similar:
possess,
own,
be in possession of,
be the owner of,
be the (proud) possessor of,
have in one's possession,
have to one's name,
count among one's possessions,
be blessed with,
boast,
enjoy,
keep,
maintain,
retain,
hold,
use,
utilize,
occupy,
Opposite:
be bereft of,
• experience; undergo.
• "I went to a few parties and had a good time"
Similar:
experience,
encounter,
undergo,
face,
meet,
find,
go through,
run into,
come across,
be subjected to,
have experience of,
be faced with,
enjoy,
taste,
• be obliged or find it necessary to do the specified thing.
• "you don't have to accept this situation"
Similar:
must,
have got to,
be obliged to,
be required to,
be compelled to,
be forced to,
be bound to,
be duty-bound to,
be under an obligation to,
• perform the action indicated by the noun specified (used especially in spoken English as an alternative to a more specific verb).
• "he had a look round"
• show (a personal attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude.
• "he had little patience with technological gadgetry"
• place or keep (something) in a particular position.
• "Mary had her back to me"
• be the recipient of (something sent, given, or done).
• "she had a letter from Mark"
have
verb
• used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.
• "I have finished"
have
noun
• people with plenty of money and possessions.
• "an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots"
• a swindle.
Origin:
Old English habban, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hebben and German haben, also probably to heave.
