have
To possess, ownTo possess, own.
» I'm sorry, I don't have change.
Tut mir leid, ich habe kein Kleingeld.
Извините, у меня нет мелочи.
Извините, у меня нет сдачи.
Перепрошую, у мене немає здачі.
Meaning
34 senses(transitive)To possess, own.
I have a house and a car.
haben, besitzen
име́тьimétʹ, у меня́, у тебя́
ма́тиmáty, у /в мене, у /в тебе
(transitive)To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
Do you have the key?
haben
(transitive)To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
The stove has a handle. The shirt has sleeves.
The words cow and dog have three letters.
have as a feature
(transitive)Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
I have two sisters.
She doesn’t have any friends.
haben
(transitive)To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
You've already had five drinks!
(transitive)To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
Can I have a look at that?
He's having a tantrum about it.
(transitive)To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won’t be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
haben
(transitive)To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
haben
undergo
(transitive)To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
haben
suffer from; be ill with
(auxiliary, with past participle)Used in forming the perfect aspect.
I have already eaten today.
Mom's gone real mad, she has.
Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
They haven’t eaten dinner yet, have they?
Your wife hasn’t been reading that nonsense, has she?
haben, sein
(auxiliary, with infinitive, with to)See have to.
I have to go.
have ownership or possession of
Examples
207768 sentencesI'm sorry, I don't have change.
Перепрошую, у мене немає здачі.
ruИзвините, у меня нет мелочи.
deTut mir leid, ich habe kein Kleingeld.
You have to come with me.
Ти маєш піти зі мною.
ruТы должен пойти со мной.
deSie müssen mit mir kommen.
You should have attended the meeting.
Ти мусив би відвідати зустріч.
deDu hättest zur Versammlung gehen sollen.
How many books do you have?
Скільки у тебе книг?
ruСколько у тебя книг?
deWie viele Bücher besitzt du?
What are you going to have?
Що їстимеш?
deWas wirst du haben?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English haven, from Old English habban (“to have”), from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English haven, from Old English habban (“to have”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”), durative of *habjaną (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, an imperfective formation to the root *kap- (“to take, seize, catch”). Related to heave.
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Forms
has, having, had, hadPhrasal verbs
9 phrasal verbs- have upоподатковувати, оподаткуватиTo accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.
- have onносити, надітиTo be wearing.
- have toмати, повиненMust; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.
- have offTo have sex with; to have it off with (someone).
- have outTo argue to a conclusion or resolution.
- have inTo allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.
- have downTo have mastered a skill.
- have overTo host (a visiting guest) at one's house.
Synonyms
15 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Have got and have — Because the lesson uses it
- B2Causative: have and get something done — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb