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What (who) is Have - definition
have
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Have (disambiguation); Having (disambiguation); Having; Draft:Have
¦ verb (has, having, had)
1. (also have got) possess, own, or hold.
be made up of; comprise.
be able to make use of.
know (a language or subject): I had only a little French.
2. experience; undergo.
(also have got) suffer from (an illness or disability).
cause to be in a particular state.
cause to be done for one by someone else.
3. (have to or have got to) be obliged to; must.
be strongly recommended to.
4. perform the action indicated by the noun specified: he had a look round.
eat or drink.
give birth to or be due to give birth to.
5. (also have got) demonstrate (a personal attribute): he had little patience.
[with negative] refuse to tolerate.
6. (also have got) place, hold, or keep in a particular position.
7. be the recipient or host of.
8. informal cheat or deceive: I realized I'd been had.
9. vulgar slang have sex with.
10. (also have got) informal have put (someone) at a disadvantage in an argument: you've got me there.
¦ auxiliary verb used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.
¦ noun
1. (usu. in phr. the haves and the have-nots) informal people with plenty of money.
2. Brit. informal, dated a swindle.
Phrases
have had it informal
1. be beyond repair or revival: the car has had it.
2. be unable to tolerate any longer.
have it away (or off) Brit. vulgar slang have sex.
have (got) it in for informal behave in a hostile way towards.
have (got) it in one (to do something) informal have the capacity or potential (to do something).
have it out informal attempt to resolve a contentious matter by open confrontation.
have (got) nothing on informal be not nearly as good as.
have nothing (or something) on someone informal know nothing (or something) discreditable or incriminating about someone.
Phrasal verbs
have someone on informal try to make someone believe something that is untrue, especially as a joke.
have something out undergo an operation to extract a part of one's body.
have someone up Brit. informal bring someone before a court of justice to answer for an alleged offence.
Origin
OE habban, of Gmc origin; prob. related to heave.
Usage
Be careful not to write the word of when you mean have or 've: I could've told you that not I could of told you that. The mistake arises from the fact that the pronunciation of have in unstressed contexts is the same as that of of, and the two words are confused when writing them down.
have
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Have (disambiguation); Having (disambiguation); Having; Draft:Have
I. AUXILIARY VERB USES
(has, having, had)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: In spoken English, forms of 'have' are often shortened, for example 'I have' is shortened to 'I've' and 'has not' is shortened to 'hasn't'.
1.
You use the forms have and has with a past participle to form the present perfect tense of verbs.
Alex has already gone...
My term hasn't finished yet...
What have you found so far?...
Frankie hasn't been feeling well for a long time.
AUX: AUX -ed, AUX -ed, AUX -ed, AUX been -ing
2.
You use the form had with a past participle to form the past perfect tense of verbs.
When I met her, she had just returned from a job interview...
AUX: AUX -ed
3.
Have is used in question tags.
You haven't sent her away, have you?...
AUX: cl AUX n
4.
You use have when you are confirming or contradicting a statement containing 'have', 'has', or 'had', or answering a question.
'Have you been to York before?'-'Yes we have.'
AUX: AUX
5.
The form having with a past participle can be used to introduce a clause in which you mention an action which had already happened before another action began.
He arrived in San Francisco, having left New Jersey on January 19th...
AUX: AUX -ed
II. USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS
(has, having, had)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: 'Have' is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun.
1.
You can use have followed by a noun to talk about an action or event, when it would be possible to use the same word as a verb. For example, you can say 'I had a look at the photos' instead of 'I looked at the photos.'
I went out and had a walk around...
She rested for a while, then had a wash and changed her clothes...
I'll have a think about that...
VERB: no passive, V n, V n, V n
2.
In normal spoken or written English, people use have with a wide range of nouns to talk about actions and events, often instead of a more specific verb. For example people are more likely to say 'we had ice cream' or 'he's had a shock' than 'we ate ice cream', or 'he's suffered a shock'.
Come and have a meal with us tonight...
She had an operation on her knee at the clinic...
His visit had a great effect on them.
VERB: no passive, V n, V n, V n
III. OTHER VERB USES AND PHRASES
(has, having, had)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Please look at category 19 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1.
You use have to say that someone or something owns a particular thing, or when you are mentioning one of their qualities or characteristics.
Oscar had a new bicycle...
I want to have my own business...
You have beautiful eyes...
Do you have any brothers and sisters?...
I have no doubt at all in my own mind about this...
Have you any valuables anywhere else in the house?...
VERB: no passive, V n, V n, V n, V n, V n, V n adv/prep
2.
If you have something to do, you are responsible for doing it or must do it.
He had plenty of work to do...
I have some important calls to make.
VERB: no passive, V n to-inf, V n to-inf
3.
You can use have instead of 'there is' to say that something exists or happens. For example, you can say 'you have no alternative' instead of 'there is no alternative', or 'he had a good view from his window' instead of 'there was a good view from his window'.
He had two tenants living with him...
We haven't any shops on the island...
VERB: no passive, V n, V n
4.
If you have something such as a part of your body in a particular position or state, it is in that position or state.
Mary had her eyes closed...
As I was working, I had the radio on...
He had his hand on Maria's shoulder.
VERB: no passive, V n adj/adv/prep, V n adj/adv/prep, V n adj/adv/prep
5.
If you have something done, someone does it for you or you arrange for it to be done.
I had your rooms cleaned and aired...
You've had your hair cut, it looks great...
VERB: no passive, V n -ed, V n -ed
6.
If someone has something unpleasant happen to them, it happens to them.
We had our money stolen...
The dance hall once even had its roof blown off in World War II.
VERB: no passive, V n -ed, V n -ed
7.
If you have someone do something, you persuade, cause, or order them to do it.
The bridge is not as impressive as some guides would have you believe...
Mr Gower had had us all working so hard.
VERB: no passive, V n inf, V n -ing
8.
If someone has you by a part of your body, they are holding you there and they are trying to hurt you or force you to go somewhere.
When the police came, Larry had him by the ear and was beating his head against the pavement.
VERB: no passive, V n by n
9.
If you have something from someone, they give it to you.
You can have my ticket...
I had comments from people in all age groups.
VERB: no passive, V n, V n
10.
If you have an illness or disability, you suffer from it.
I had a headache...
He might be having a heart attack...
VERB: no passive, V n, V n
11.
If a woman has a baby, she gives birth to it. If she is having a baby, she is pregnant.
My wife has just had a baby boy...
VERB: no passive, V n
12.
You can use have in expressions such as 'I won't have it' or 'I'm not having that', to mean that you will not allow or put up with something.
I'm not having any of that nonsense...
I will not have the likes of you dragging down my reputation.
VERB: with neg, V n, V n -ing
13.
You can use has it in expressions such as 'rumour has it that' or 'as legend has it' when you are quoting something that you have heard, but you do not necessarily think it is true.
Rumour has it that tickets were being sold for ?300...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR that [vagueness]
14.
If someone has it in for you, they do not like you and they want to make life difficult for you. (INFORMAL)
He's always had it in for the Dawkins family.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
15.
If you have it in you, you have abilities and skills which you do not usually use and which only show themselves in a difficult situation.
'You were brilliant!' he said. 'I didn't know you had it in you.'
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR pron, oft PHR pron to-inf
16.
To have it off with someone or have it away with someone means to have sex with them. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE)
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with n, pl-n V
17.
If you are having someone on, you are pretending that something is true when it is not true, for example as a joke or in order to tease them. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Malone's eyes widened. 'You're having me on, Liam.'
PHRASE: be inflects
18.
If you have it out or have things out with someone, you discuss a problem or disagreement very openly with them, even if it means having an argument, because you think this is the best way to solve the problem.
Why not have it out with your critic, discuss the whole thing face to face?
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n
19.
to be had: see had
IV. MODAL PHRASES
(has, having, had)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use have to when you are saying that something is necessary or required, or must happen. If you do not have to do something, it is not necessary or required.
He had to go to Germany...
They didn't have to pay tax.
= must
PHRASE
2.
You can use have to in order to say that you feel certain that something is true or will happen.
There has to be some kind of way out...
= must
PHRASE
have
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Have (disambiguation); Having (disambiguation); Having; Draft:Have
v.
1) (d; tr.) ('to keep') have about (BE), around (it's dangerous to have a gun around the house)
2) (d; tr.) to have against ('to consider as grounds for rejection, dislike') (I have nothing against him)
3) (d; tr.) to have for ('to consume') (what are we haveing for dinner?)
4) (colloq.) (d; tr.) to have on ('to possess evidence against') (you have nothing on me)
5) (E) ('to be obligated') we have to leave
6) (H; usu. with words such as nothing, something) I have nothing to say to her; I have nothing to wear; we have smt. to tell you
7) (esp. AE) (I) ('to cause') he had a gardener cut the grass (CE also has: he got a gardener to cut the grass); she had her research assistant look up the information; what would you have me do.
8) (J) we soon had them all laughing
9) (N; used with an adjective; past participle) ('to consume'); ('to cause') I'll have my martini dry; we had a meal sent up to our room; they had the building torn down; he had his hair cut; she had her tonsils removed
10) (misc.) he had two children by his first wife; to have it in for smb. ('to have a grudge against smb.'); she had a strange thing happen to her ('a strange thing happened to her')
Examples of use of Have
1. "You have terrorist groups, you have the military, you have police, you have these militias.
2. "You don‘t wish to have a storm, but if you have to have one it‘s a good one to have."
3. "You can have disagreements about doctrinal interpretations of particular issues – that‘s why we have Catholics, and we have Presbyterians, and we have Baptists, and we have Methodists....
4. They have killed us, they have mutilated us, they have burned our villages, they have abducted our children.
5. "We have al–Qaeda, we have Taliban, we have foreigners, and we have Pakistani–trained militant groups that have been banned," Afridi said in an interview in Peshawar.