from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To be in possession of: already had a car.
- transitive v. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function: has a beard; had a great deal of energy.
- transitive v. To possess or contain as a constituent part: a car that has air bags.
- transitive v. To occupy a particular relation to: had many disciples.
- transitive v. To possess knowledge of or facility in: has very little Spanish.
- transitive v. To hold in the mind; entertain: had doubts about their loyalty.
- transitive v. To use or exhibit in action: have compassion.
- transitive v. To come into possession of; acquire: Not one copy of the book was to be had in the entire town.
- transitive v. To receive; get: I had a letter from my cousin.
- transitive v. To accept; take: I'll have the peas instead of the spinach.
- transitive v. To suffer from: have defective vision.
- transitive v. To be subject to the experience of: had a difficult time last winter.
- transitive v. To cause to do something, as by persuasion or compulsion: had my assistant run the errand.
- transitive v. To cause to be in a specified place or state: had the guests in the dining room; had everyone fascinated.
- transitive v. To permit; allow: I won't have that kind of behavior in my house.
- transitive v. To carry on, perform, or execute: have an argument.
- transitive v. To place at a disadvantage: Your opponent in the debate had you on every issue.
- transitive v. Informal To get the better of, especially by trickery or deception: They realized too late that they'd been had by a swindler.
- transitive v. Informal To influence by dishonest means; bribe: an incorruptible official who could not be had.
- transitive v. To procreate (offspring): wanted to have a child.
- transitive v. To give birth to; bear: She's going to have a baby.
- transitive v. To partake of: have lunch.
- transitive v. To be obliged to; must: We simply have to get there on time.
- transitive v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- auxiliary 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.
- 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.)
- have at To attack.
- have on To wear: had on red shoes.
- have on To be scheduled: We have a dinner party on for Friday.
- 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.
- idiom have done with To stop; cease: Have done with your quibbling!
- idiom have had it Informal To have endured all that one can: I've had it with their delays.
- idiom have had it Informal To be in a state beyond remedy, repair, or salvage: That coat has had it.
- idiom have had it Informal To have done everything that is possible or that will be permitted.
- idiom have it To assert; maintain: Rumor has it that he quit.
- idiom have it To think and act with respect to (something being considered): Have it your way.
- idiom have it To gain a victory in a voice vote: The ayes have it.
- idiom have it in for (someone) To intend to harm, especially because of a grudge.
- idiom have it out To settle decisively, especially by means of an argument or a discussion.
- idiom have (something) coming To deserve what one receives: You had that reprimand coming for a very long time.
- idiom have to do with To be concerned or associated with.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To possess, own, hold.
- v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
- v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
- v. Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
- v. must.
- v. To give birth to.
- v. To engag