to have
- verb
- /hæv/
- For lunch, I plan to have a sandwich and a drink.
- have dinner
I mean, he's having ribs, we're having French fries.
- I mean, he's having ribs, we're having French fries.
- I think we're going to have like beans and stuff.
- I want you to go home and have a little snack.
- Pick a lifestyle live that you can have really great tasting food.
Examples
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I want you to go home and have a little snack.
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- Is there a place here where I can have a cup of tea?
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Do you think I could have something to drink?
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- I thought we could have lunch.
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You ought to have some of that pink wine to go with it.
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It's in the fridge and I have chicken.
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I think we're going to have like beans and stuff.
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We'll drive to Miami, have some laughs, lie in the sun.
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How'd you like to have a beer?
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Have a nice trip.
Synonyms
Put food or drink into your mouth, chew it and swallow it
Use or receive something regularly
To eat or drink something
To eat the main meal of the day, often with other people
To eat or drink something so it goes into your body
To eat or drink with other people at a meal
Eat or drink something
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 Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Have comes from the old English word habban, which meant 'to hold'. When we say we have food or drink, it means we take or eat it, as if the food comes into our hands or body.