haven
To put into, or provide with a havenTo put into, or provide with a haven.
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» Tatoeba is a haven of peace.
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1 sensesTo put into, or provide with a haven.
Examples
23 sentencesTatoeba is a haven of peace.
Most tax havens have strict secrecy laws.
deIn den meisten Steuerparadiesen gibt es strikte Regeln zur Geheimhaltung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A restaurant is a haven for foodies.
He's like a safe haven for me.
Algeria isn't a haven of transparency and democracy.
Origin
From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), eitherFrom Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), either from Proto-West Germanic *habanu or Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.
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Forms
havens, havening, havened, havenedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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