to have got

∞ 1.0

To own something, including amounts and qualities

phrasal verb
/hæv ɡɑt/

: tener

She has got a lot of creative ideas for the project.
I have got
have got serious problems
have got an answer

And this has got one KB of RAM.

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Examples

Let's see what we've got.

Sleuth (1972)
So as you can see, you have got the bed right here.
All right, little guys, we have got something for you.
It's because old guys have got to learn from young guys.
You have got to relax, you have got to be confident.
Oh, these jeans have got a weird, weird knee cup.
Debbie there has got Pepper in her arms.
Alfie and I have got day one ready to go.
Well, it looks like you've got another passenger.

Stagecoach (1939)
You can't just sit there, you've got to buy something.

Jack Be Nimble (1993)

Synonyms

to have

vsto have got

∞ 1.0

To own something or include a quality

is limited to ownership and holding rather than wider uses

to possess

vsto have got

364 2.5

To have something like a skill or an object

uses the same meaning but differs in wording or style

Antonyms

to lose

∞ 1.0

Not be able to find something you once had

lack

∞ 1.3

Not having something you need or want

How Much

to hoard

45 4.8

to have got

∞ 1.0

to own

∞ 1.0

lack

∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

have got infinitive

had got past

had got past participle

having got present participle

has got third person singular

Morphology

have + get

The sense 'to own/possess' is partly derivable because 'got' is related to 'get' (to obtain) and 'have' means possess, so learners can plausibly infer possession from 'have got'. However, the construction is grammaticalized as a present-tense marker of possession (and can be confused with perfect or acquisition readings, and differs across varieties), so the relation is only partly predictable.

Etymology

Have got may come from a simple idea: after you got something you now have it, so saying have got came to mean 'to own' or 'to possess'.