to have
- verb
- /hæv/
- If becoming an author is on your horizon, you have more choices than ever before.
- have the opportunity
- have access to
- have a chance
Examples
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But I hope you have a lot of time.
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Yeah, do you have a table in the front?
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You just have to practice.
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You have to come see this.
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I am so grateful to have you back.
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And then I think I'll have another one.
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Now let's see what we have in the way of proof.
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You don't have to move, you don't have to speak.
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They have it on iBooks and they have it on the Kindle app.
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She will have her new laptop delivered tomorrow.
Synonyms
Accept an offer or person into a group
To get something that someone gives you
To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to get the good parts of two opposite choices at the same time
- Offensive
To have complete power over someone by controlling what they need or fear
To show clearly that something is typical of a person or made by them
- Offensive
Threaten someone with very serious punishment, often as a joke
- Informal
To be wrong about something and later be forced to change your mind
- Informal
Have an operation that closes the tubes to the womb so she cannot get pregnant
- Archaic
You are in a dangerous situation where giving up is as risky as staying
- Informal
To be organized, prepared, and able to manage tasks and problems
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To be impressive, successful, or attractive in a way people notice
- Informal
A woman who has surgery to permanently stop having children by closing her fallopian tubes
Compounds
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
Have comes from the old English word habban, which meant 'to hold'. A helpful way to remember the 'receive' sense is to think of something coming into your hands to be held, so you 'have' it when you get it.