to have
- verb
- /hæv/
- We'll see you when we have a baby.
- have children
- have a baby
- women have
And so when I had my son, I went crazy.
- And so when I had my son, I went crazy.
- You know, obvious example is obviously men can have babies, stuff like that.
- So why in God's name did you have a child?
- I'm nine months now, so I should be having this baby any day.
Examples
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I'm going to have a kid in two months.
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So why in God's name did you have a child?
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And we were trying to have a third child.
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So, do you want to get married and have kids?
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You don't want to have kids anymore?
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But I've had five children.
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When I asked her where she planned to have the kid, she just stared me down.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her first two pregnancies were uneventful, with normal deliveries, and she has two healthy children.
Academic text (2011) -
She's excited because she's going to have a baby next month.
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After much planning, they finally decided to have a second child.
Synonyms
To give birth to a child or produce fruit
To have a baby or young animal from your body
To cause a baby or young animal to be born
Antonyms
- Specialized
To lose a pregnancy before the baby can live outside the mother's body
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Have comes from the old English word habban, which meant 'to hold'. To have a child fits this idea because the child comes into your care and you 'hold' or take responsibility for them.