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Pronunciation

• /hăv/
• [hæv]

Verb

to have (third person singular present tense: has, present participle: having, past tense: had, past participle: had)

Auxiliary

1. used in forming the perfect tenses

Translations

• esti (2), jam with verb in simple tense (2)

  olla (2)

  haben (2), sein (2)

  har hat (2)

  haber (2)

Transitive

1. to possess, own, hold

   I have a house and a car.

   Look what I have here: A frog I found on the street!

2. to perform something which doesn't take long; as, to have a look, to have a sip, to have a wee, etc.

Translations

• 有 (yǒu) (1)

  mít (1)

  hebben (1)

• Esperanto : havi (1)
• Finnish: omistaa (1)

  avoir (1)

• German: haben de (1)

  έχω (1)

  punya (1), mempunyai (1)

  avere (1)

  持つ (もつ , motsu) (1)

  가지다 (kajida) (1)

  hebûn , heyîn (1)

  habere (1)

• Norwegian : å ha (1), har (1), hadde (1)

  ter (1)

  mať (1)

• Spanish: tener (1)

  magkaroón (1)

Related Terms

• be had

Usage Notes

Have has the following archaic forms:

hast -- second person singular present tense

Thou hast had too much wine to drink.

hath -- third person singular present tense

He hath had too much wine to drink.

hadst -- second person singular past tense

Thou hadst too much wine last night.

See Also

• perfect tense