[Sửa]Possess,bear, contain, include, comprise: The night has a thousandeyes.
[Sửa]Suffer with or from, be suffering with or from, beexperiencing, be undergoing, be enduring, be subjected to: Mydaughter was really ill when she had measles.
[Sửa]Arrange,organize, set up, prepare; hold: If I have a party, will youcome? We shall have our next meeting on Saturday. 7 partake of,participate in, experience, enjoy; eat; drink: I hope you havea good time.
[Sửa]Give birth to, bear, deliver, bring into theworld; beget, sire, father: She had three children in as manyyears. How many children has he had? 9 make, demand; force,oblige, cause, induce, press, require, compel: We'll have thecaterers come at noon.
[Sửa]Had better or best. ought to, must,should: I had better not drink as I'm driving.
[Sửa]Had ratheror sooner. prefer to, would rather or sooner: I'd rather bewith you.
[Sửa]Have on. a be wearing, be dressed or clothed orattired in: I'll have on the silk nightgown you like so much.b be committed to, have planned, have in the offing, have on theagenda: I have something on next Tuesday evening. c trick,tease, deceive, pull (someone's) leg, play a joke on, fool: Doyou really love me or are you having me on?
[Sửa]Hold in possession as one's property or at one'sdisposal; be provided with (has a car; had no time to read; hasnothing to wear).
[Sửa]Hold in a certain relationship (has asister; had no equals).
[Sửa]Contain as a part or quality (househas two floors; has green eyes).
[Sửa]A undergo, experience,enjoy, suffer (had a good time; had a shock; has a headache). bbe subjected to a specified state (had my car stolen; the bookhas a page missing). c cause, instruct, or invite (a person orthing) to be in a particular state or take a particular action(had him dismissed; had us worried; had my hair cut; had a copymade; had them to stay).
[Sửa]A engage in (an activity) (had anargument; had sex). b hold (a meeting, party, etc.).
[Sửa](usu. in neg.) accept or tolerate; permitto (I won't have it; will not have you say such things).
[Sửa]Alet (a feeling etc.) be present (have no doubt; has a lot ofsympathy for me; have nothing against them). b show or feel(mercy, pity, etc.) towards another person (have pity on him;have mercy!). c (foll. by to + infin.) show by action that oneis influenced by (a feeling, quality, etc.) (have the goodnessto leave now).
[Sửa]A give birth to (offspring). b conceivementally (an idea etc.).
[Sửa]Receive, obtain (had a letter fromhim; not a ticket to be had).
[Sửa]Be burdened with or committedto (has a job to do; have my garden to attend to).
[Sửa]A haveobtained (a qualification) (has six O levels). b know (alanguage) (has no Latin).
[Sửa]Sl. a get the better of (I hadhim there). b (usu. in passive) Brit. cheat, deceive (you werehad).
[Sửa]V.aux.(with past part. or ellipt., to form the perfect, pluperfect,and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood) (haveworked; had seen; will have been; had I known, I would havegone; have you met her? yes, I have).
[Sửa]Colloq. have found the answer etc.have it away (or off) Brit. coarse sl. have sexualintercourse. have it both ways see BOTH. have it in forcolloq. be hostile or ill-disposed towards. have it out (oftenfoll. by with) colloq. attempt to settle a dispute bydiscussion or argument. have it one's own way see WAY.have-not (usu. in pl.) colloq. a person lacking wealth orresources. have nothing to do with see DO(1). have on 1 bewearing (clothes).
[Sửa]Colloq. tease, play a trick on. have out get (a tooth etc.)extracted (had her tonsils out). have something (or nothing) ona person 1 know something (or nothing) discreditable orincriminating about a person.
[Sửa]Have an (or no) advantage orsuperiority over a person. have to be obliged to, must. haveto do with see DO(1). have up Brit. colloq. bring (a person)before a court of justice, interviewer, etc. [OE habban f. Gmc,prob. rel. to HEAVE]