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say it: hav
have is a verb and noun meaning "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense". It is pronounced /ˈhæv/ — hav. It carries 20 recorded senses.
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
“get an idea”
“experience vertigo”
“get nauseous”
“receive injuries”
“have a feeling”
have ownership or possession of
“He owns three houses in Florida”
“How many cars does she have?”
have a personal or business relationship with someone
“have a postdoc”
“have an assistant”
“have a lover”
have left
“I have two years left”
“I don't have any money left”
“They have two more years before they retire”
be confronted with
“What do we have here?”
“Now we have a fine mess”
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
“She suffered a fracture in the accident”
“He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars”
“She got a bruise on her leg”
“He got his arm broken in the scuffle”
have sex with; archaic use
“He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable”
a person who possesses great material wealth
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for have come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.