Standard Lemma guide

have

noun · verb · 56 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæv/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈhav/
  • SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈhɛv/
  • obsolete: /ˈheɪ̯v/
  • unstressed: /ˈ(h)əv/
  • unstressed: [ˈ(h)əv]
  • rhymes with -æv
  • homophone: halve (Canada, US (except New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore); Scotland)
  • homophone: of (unstressed, for some speakers)
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A wealthy or privileged person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: contrastive, idiomatic, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: have-not

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who has some (contextually specified) thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A fraud or deception; something misleading.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal

Examples

  • They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To possess, own.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I have a house and a car.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
  • Do you have the key?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The stove has a handle. The shirt has sleeves.
  • The words cow and dog have three letters.
  • A government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial.
  • The movie has lots of action.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I have two sisters.
  • She doesn’t have any friends.
  • I have a really mean boss.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I have breakfast at six o'clock.
  • You've already had five drinks!
  • She's had more than enough time already.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To undertake or perform (an action or activity).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Can I have a look at that?
  • He's having a tantrum about it.
  • I’m going to have a bath now.
  • Let’s have a game of tiddlywinks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 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.
  • I have a lot of work to do.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To experience, go through, undergo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
  • He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
  • I’m having the time of my life!
  • I hope you have a wonderful birthday.
  • This year we're having Christmas with my wife's family in Thunder Bay.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He had a cold last week.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

Used in forming the perfect aspect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: auxiliary, with-past-participle

Examples

  • I have already eaten today.
  • Mom's gone real mad, she has.
  • The universe is expanding and has been since its beginning.
  • I will have left by the time you get here.
  • This is the first (and last) time I've eaten lobster.
  • I’ve worked here for exactly four years, one month and 10 days.
  • The dogs have eaten your dinner, and I ate the last of the frozen burgers this morning.
  • Uncle José has crashed the car again. He ran into a tree.
  • The American Revolution has influenced every democratic process in Europe since the 19th c.
  • I'm going to take a bath after I've answered these emails.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

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.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They haven’t eaten dinner yet, have they?
  • Your wife hasn’t been reading that nonsense, has she?
  • He has some money, hasn’t he?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

See have to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: auxiliary, with-infinitive, with-to

Examples

  • I have to go.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To give birth to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The couple always wanted to have children.
  • My wife is having the baby right now!
  • My mother had me when she was 25.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To obtain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, passive, usually

Examples

  • The substance you describe can't be had at any price.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He’s always bragging about how many women he’s had.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To accept as a romantic partner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, with-infinitive

Examples

  • They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
  • Her very boyfriend is the person the criminal has do most of her dirty deeds.
  • The floor has had oil dropped all over it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To cause to be.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, with-adjective

Examples

  • He had him arrested for trespassing.
  • I'd better have my watch repaired today: tomorrow I have to have my hair cut before having pictures taken for my passport.
  • The lecture’s ending had the entire audience in tears.
  • Jim has his eyes closed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, with-infinitive

Examples

  • The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
  • I’ve had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To depict as being.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, with-adjective

Examples

  • Their stories differed; he said he’d been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To defeat in a fight; take.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang, transitive

Examples

  • I could have him!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To inflict punishment or retribution on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang, transitive

Examples

  • You broke the window! Teacher’ll have you for that!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To be able to speak (a language).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: dated outside Ireland

Examples

  • I have no German.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To trick, to deceive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, often, passive, transitive

Examples

  • I bought a laptop online but it never arrived. I think I've been had!
  • You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To allow; to tolerate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: often in continuous tenses

Examples

  • The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
  • I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To believe, buy, be taken in by.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, transitive

Examples

  • I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Thank you for having me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • What do you have for problem two?
  • I have two contacts on my scope.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We’ll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To make an observation of (a bird species).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Thurs nite I went to see Lou Reed [...] and Lou, oh God, he completely had me. I was lost at the foot of a god.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Ah! Now I have it!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

noun

Meaning 37

a person who possesses great material wealth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rich person, wealthy person

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: affluent, Croesus, fat cat, man of means, rich man, wealthy man, millionairess, plutocrat, millionaire, billionaire, multi-billionaire

38

verb

Meaning 38

cause to be born

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • My wife had twins yesterday!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give birth, deliver, bear, birth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, bring forth

Narrower terms: twin, drop, foal, cub, kitten, lamb, litter, whelp, pup, farrow, pig, fawn, calve, have young, have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

39

verb

Meaning 39

suffer from; be ill with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She has arthritis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suffer, hurt

40

verb

Meaning 40

undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She suffered a fracture in the accident
  • He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
  • She got a bruise on her leg
  • He got his arm broken in the scuffle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suffer, sustain, get

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: experience, receive, have, get

Narrower terms: break down, collapse, cramp, crack up, crack, crock up, break up

41

verb

Meaning 41

cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He got his squad on the ball
  • This let me in for a big surprise
  • He got a girl into trouble

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get, let

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, get

42

verb

Meaning 42

undergo

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The stocks had a fast run-up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: experience

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: meet, encounter, receive

43

verb

Meaning 43

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The ads induced me to buy a VCR
  • My children finally got me to buy a computer
  • My wife made me buy a new sofa

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: induce, stimulate, cause, get, make

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: decide, persuade, bring, solicit, encourage, let, lead, prompt, inspire, instigate, suborn, compel, oblige, obligate

44

verb

Meaning 44

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Have another bowl of chicken soup!
  • I don't take sugar in my coffee

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consume, ingest, take in, take

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: hit, cannibalize, cannibalise, use, habituate, eat, drink, imbibe, booze, fuddle, partake, touch, feed, satiate, sate, replete, fill, sample, try, try out, taste, take in, sop up, suck in, take up, smoke, drug, do drugs, swallow, get down, sup

45

verb

Meaning 45

have sex with; archaic use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: take

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

46

verb

Meaning 46

organize or be responsible for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hold a reception
  • have, throw, or make a party
  • give a course

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hold, throw, make, give

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direct

47

verb

Meaning 47

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • get an idea
  • experience vertigo
  • get nauseous
  • receive injuries
  • have a feeling

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: experience, receive, get

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: undergo

Narrower terms: suffer, sustain, have, get, take, horripilate

48

verb

Meaning 48

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She has $1,000 in the bank
  • He has got two beautiful daughters
  • She holds a Master's degree from Harvard

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have got, hold

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: sustain, keep, maintain, hold on, monopolize, monopolise, wield, exert, stock, carry, stockpile, bear, hold

49

verb

Meaning 49

have ownership or possession of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He owns three houses in Florida
  • How many cars does she have?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: own, possess

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: prepossess

50

verb

Meaning 50

have left

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I have two years left
  • I don't have any money left
  • They have two more years before they retire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: leave

51

verb

Meaning 51

get something; come into possession of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • receive payment
  • receive a gift
  • receive letters from the front

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: receive

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get, acquire

Narrower terms: take in, take up, hustle, accept, fence, graduate, inherit

52

verb

Meaning 52

receive willingly something given or offered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter
  • I won't have this dog in my house!
  • Please accept my present

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accept, take

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get, acquire

Narrower terms: accept, admit, take, take on, welcome, honor, honour, adopt, borrow, take over, take up

53

verb

Meaning 53

achieve a point or goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Nicklaus had a 70
  • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
  • She made 29 points that day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get, make

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: score, hit, tally, rack up

54

verb

Meaning 54

have a personal or business relationship with someone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • have a postdoc
  • have an assistant
  • have a lover

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interact

55

verb

Meaning 55

have as a feature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feature

Antonyms: lack

Narrower terms: wear, bear, carry, give off, unite, combine, star, sport, feature, boast, possess, imply, involve, bristle, abound, burst, brim, pack, take, read, say

56

verb

Meaning 56

be confronted with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What do we have here?
  • Now we have a fine mess

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English haven English have 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. Since there is no common Indo-European root for a transitive possessive verb have (notice that Latin habeō is not etymologically related to English have), Proto-Indo-European probably lacked the have structure. Instead, the third person forms of be were used, with the possessor in dative case, compare Latin mihi est / sunt, literally to me is / are. Cognates Cognate with Scots hae (“to have”), North Frisian haa, heewe (“to have”), Saterland Frisian häbe, hääbe (“to have”), West Frisian hawwe (“to have”), Afrikaans hê (“to have”), Alemannic German haa, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè (“to have”), Bavarian hobm, hobn, hoom, håbn (“to have”), Cimbrian haban, hen, håm (“to have”), Dutch and Low German hebben (“to have”), German haben (“to have”), Limburgish haane, höbbe (“to have”), Luxembourgish hunn (“to have”), Mòcheno hom (“to have”), Vilamovian hon (“to have”), Yiddish האָבן (hobn, “to have”), Danish have (“to have”), Elfdalian åvå (“to have”), Faroese hava (“to have”), Icelandic hafa (“to have”), Norwegian Bokmål ha (“to have”), Norwegian Nynorsk ha, hava, have, hå (“to have”), Swedish ha, hafva, hava (“to have”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban, “to have”), Albanian kap (“to grab, catch, grip”), Latin capiō (“take”, verb), Russian хапать (xapatʹ, “to seize”).

From have on (“to deceive”).

Across languages

Translations

402 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: išûm — to possess
  • Albanian: kam — to possess
  • Southern Altai: бар (bar) — to possess
  • Ambonese Malay: pung — to possess
  • Arabic: مَلَكَ (malaka) — to possess
  • Arabic: اِمْتَلَكَ (imtalaka) — to possess
  • Arabic: تَمَلَّكَ (tamallaka) — to possess
  • Arabic: عِنْدَ (ʕinda) — to possess
  • Arabic: لِـ (li-) — to possess
  • Arabic: عِنْدَك (ʕindak) — to possess
  • Arabic: عِنْدَك (ʕindak) — to possess
  • Arabic: etc. — to possess
  • Aragonese: tener — to possess
  • Aragonese: haber — to possess
  • Armenian: ունենալ (unenal) — to possess
  • Aromanian: am — to possess
  • Asturian: tener — to possess
  • Basque: eduki — to possess
  • Belarusian: мець (mjecʹ) — to possess
  • Belarusian: у мяне́ — to possess
  • Belarusian: у цябе́ — to possess
  • Belarusian: etc. See у (u) — to possess
  • Bourguignon: aivoi — to possess
  • Breton: kaout — to possess
  • Breton: endevout — to possess
  • Bulgarian: и́мам (ímam) — to possess
  • Catalan: tenir — to possess
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴻⵍ (el) — to possess
  • Champenois: aouâr — to possess
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎭ (uha) — to possess
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏁᎭ (uneha) — to possess
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎧᎭ (uwakaha) — to possess
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎾᎠ (unaa) — to possess
  • Chinese Cantonese: 有 (jau5) — to possess
  • Chinese: ю (iu) — to possess
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 有 (ô, īu) — to possess
  • Gan Chinese: 有 (iu3) — to possess
  • Hakka Chinese: 有 (yû) — to possess
  • Jin Chinese: 有 (iou2) — to possess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有 (yǒu) — to possess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擁有 /拥有 (yōngyǒu) — to possess
  • Wu Chinese: 有 — to possess
  • Xiang Chinese: 有 (iou3) — to possess
  • Chukchi: рытык (rytyk) — to possess
  • Cornish: kavos — to possess
  • Czech: mít — to possess
  • Dalmatian: avar — to possess
  • Danish: have — to possess
  • Dutch: hebben — to possess
  • Emilian: avêreg — to possess
  • Esperanto: havi — to possess
  • Extremaduran: tenel — to possess
  • Faroese: hava — to possess
  • Finnish: omistaa — to possess
  • Finnish: omata — to possess
  • Franc-Comtois: aivoi — to possess
  • Franco-Provençal: avêr — to possess
  • French: avoir — to possess
  • Old French: avoir — to possess
  • Old French: aveir — to possess
  • North Frisian: haa — to possess
  • North Frisian: heewe — to possess
  • North Frisian: hoa — to possess
  • West-Frisian: hawwe — to possess
  • Friulian: vê — to possess
  • Galician: ter — to possess
  • Gallo: avair — to possess
  • Gamilaraay: -baraay — to possess
  • Georgian: ფლობს (plobs) — to possess
  • Georgian: აქვს (akvs) — to possess
  • Georgian: ჰყავს (hq̇avs) — to possess
  • German: haben — to possess
  • German: besitzen — to possess
  • German: haa — to possess
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban) — to possess
  • Greek: έχω (écho) — to possess
  • Ancient Greek: ἔχω (ékhō) — to possess
  • Ancient Greek: κέκτημαι (kéktēmai) — to possess
  • Greenlandic: qar — to possess
  • Haitian Creole: genyen — to possess
  • Hindi: रखना (rakhnā) — to possess
  • Hindi: ...के पास (...ke pās) — to possess
  • Hindi: ...के (...ke) — to possess
  • Hungarian: bír — to possess
  • Hungarian: birtokol — to possess
  • Hunsrik: hon — to possess
  • Icelandic: eiga — to possess
  • Icelandic: vera með — to possess
  • Indonesian: punya — to possess
  • Interlingua: haber — to possess
  • Old Irish: táth- — to possess
  • Old Irish: techtaid — to possess
  • Isoko: vbo — to possess
  • Istriot: avì — to possess
  • Italian: avere — to possess
  • Italian: tenere — to possess
  • Iu Mien: maaih — to possess
  • Japanese: 持つ (motsu) — to possess
  • Japanese: ある (aru) — to possess
  • Japanese: いる (iru) — to possess
  • Kabyle: sɛu — to possess
  • Kabyle: ɣur — to possess
  • Kashubian: miec — to possess
  • Khmer: មាន (miən) — to possess
  • Korean: 있다 (itda) — to possess
  • Korean: 가지다 (gajida) — to possess
  • Korean: 갖다 (gatda) — to possess
  • Korean: 있으시다 (isseusida) — to possess
  • Northern Kurdish: hebûn — to possess
  • Northern Kurdish: heyîn — to possess
  • Kyrgyz: бар (bar) — to possess
  • Kyrgyz: болуу (boluu) — to possess
  • Lao: ມີ (mī) — to possess
  • Latin: habeō — to possess
  • Latin: teneo — to possess
  • Latin: possideo — to possess
  • Latin: sum — to possess
  • Latvian: būt — to possess
  • Latvian: piederēt — to possess
  • Lepcha: ᰉᰧᰶ (nyí) — to possess
  • Ligurian: avéi — to possess
  • Limburgish: höbbe — to possess
  • Limburgish: han — to possess
  • Lithuanian: turėti — to possess
  • Lombard: avè — to possess
  • Lorrain: ahoir — to possess
  • Low German: hebben — to possess
  • : ᦙᦲ (mii) — to possess
  • Macedonian: има (ima) — to possess
  • Malay: ada — to possess
  • Malay: punya — to possess
  • Malay: mempunyai — to possess
  • Maltese: għandek — to possess
  • Maltese: għandu — to possess
  • Maltese: etc. — to possess
  • Māori: whai — to possess
  • Mauritian Creole: ena — to possess
  • Mizo: nei — to possess
  • Mòcheno: hom — to possess
  • Mongolian: байх (bajx) — to possess
  • Nahuatl: quipi — to possess
  • Navajo: bee hólǫ́ — to possess
  • Neapolitan: avé — to possess
  • Neapolitan: tené — to possess
  • Nepali: ...सँग हुनु (...sãg hunu) — to possess
  • Nepali: राख्नु (rākhnu) — to possess
  • Norman: aver — to possess
  • Norman: aveir — to possess
  • Norman: avaer — to possess
  • Norwegian: ha — to possess
  • Occitan: aver — to possess
  • Occitan: téner — to possess
  • Old Occitan: aver — to possess
  • Ojibwe: ayaan — to possess
  • Ojibwe: ayaaw — to possess
  • Old Church Slavonic: имѣти (iměti) — to possess
  • Old English: habban — to possess
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: tẽer — to possess
  • Old Saxon: hebbian — to possess
  • Pennsylvania German: hawwe — to possess
  • Persian: داشتن (dâštan) — to possess
  • Picard: avoèr — to possess
  • Piedmontese: avèj — to possess
  • Polish: mieć — to possess
  • Portuguese: ter — to possess
  • Romanian: avea — to possess
  • Romansh: avair — to possess
  • Romansh: aver — to possess
  • Romansh: haver — to possess
  • Romansh: aveir — to possess
  • Russian: име́ть (imétʹ) — to possess
  • Russian: у меня́ — to possess
  • Russian: у тебя́ — to possess
  • Sardinian: àere — to possess
  • Sardinian: ai — to possess
  • Sardinian: àiri — to possess
  • Sardinian: jùcchere — to possess
  • Sardinian: giùghere — to possess
  • Sardinian: tènnere — to possess
  • Sardinian: tènniri — to possess
  • Scots: hae — to possess
  • Serbo-Croatian: имати — to possess
  • Serbo-Croatian: imati — to possess
  • Shan: မီး (míi) — to possess
  • Sicilian: aviri — to possess
  • Slovak: mať — to possess
  • Slovene: imeti — to possess
  • Lower Sorbian: měś — to possess
  • Upper Sorbian: měć — to possess
  • Spanish: tener — to possess
  • Swedish: äga — to possess
  • Swedish: ha — to possess
  • Tagalog: magkaroon — to possess
  • Tajik: доштан (doštan) — to possess
  • Thai: มี (mii) — to possess
  • Northern Thai: ᨾᩦ (mi) — to possess
  • Southern Thai: ยัง — to possess
  • Tibetan: བྱུང (byung) — to possess
  • Tibetan: ཡོད་རེད (yod red) — to possess
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་པ་རེད (byung pa red) — to possess
  • Tibetan: འདུག — to possess
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་སོང — to possess
  • Traveller Norwegian: kamma — to possess
  • Turkish: sahip olmak — to possess
  • Turkish: "benim ...(I)m var" — to possess
  • Turkish: "senin ...(I)n var" — to possess
  • Turkish: etc. — to possess
  • Ukrainian: ма́ти (máty) — to possess
  • Ukrainian: у/в мене — to possess
  • Ukrainian: у/в тебе — to possess
  • Ukrainian: etc. See у (u) — to possess
  • Ukrainian: в (v) — to possess
  • Urdu: ... کے پاس (... ke pās) — to possess
  • Vietnamese: có — to possess
  • Vilamovian: hon — to possess
  • Volapük: labön — to possess
  • Yaghnobi: дорак (dorak) — to possess
  • Yiddish: האָבן (hobn) — to possess
  • Zazaki: est — to possess
  • Zealandic: è — to possess
  • Zhuang: miz — to possess
  • Zulu: na- — to possess
  • Galician: ter — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • German: haben — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ha — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Spanish: disponer — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Tibetan: བྱུང (byung) — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Tibetan: ཡོད་རེད (yod red) — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་པ་རེད (byung pa red) — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Tibetan: འདུག — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་སོང — to hold, as something at someone's disposal
  • Danish: have — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Galician: ter — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • German: haben — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Ancient Greek: ἔχω (ékhō) — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Spanish: tener — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Swedish: ha — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Tibetan: བྱུང (byung) — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Tibetan: ཡོད་རེད (yod red) — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་པ་རེད (byung pa red) — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Tibetan: འདུག — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་སོང — used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
  • Arabic: تَنَاوَلَ (tanāwala) — to partake of something
  • Czech: dát si — to partake of something
  • Danish: have — to partake of something
  • Danish: få — to partake of something
  • Finnish: ottaa — to partake of something
  • Finnish: saada — to partake of something
  • French: prendre — to partake of something
  • Galician: ter — to partake of something
  • Korean: 띠다 (ttida) — to partake of something
  • Portuguese: ter — to partake of something
  • Portuguese: fazer — to partake of something
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabh — to partake of something
  • Slovak: mať — to partake of something
  • Spanish: tener — to partake of something
  • Spanish: tomar — to partake of something
  • Welsh: cymryd — to partake of something
  • Welsh: cael — to partake of something
  • Galician: ter — to be scheduled to attend
  • German: haben — to be scheduled to attend
  • Portuguese: ter — to be scheduled to attend
  • Slovak: mať — to be scheduled to attend
  • French: passer — to experience, go through
  • Galician: ter — to experience, go through
  • Galician: pasar — to experience, go through
  • German: haben — to experience, go through
  • Slovak: mať — to experience, go through
  • Welsh: cael — to experience, go through
  • Finnish: kärsiä — to be afflicted with, suffer from
  • Galician: ter — to be afflicted with, suffer from
  • German: haben — to be afflicted with, suffer from
  • Portuguese: ter — to be afflicted with, suffer from
  • Slovak: mať — to be afflicted with, suffer from
  • Basque: behar izan — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Catalan: haver — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Danish: have — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Dutch: hebben — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Dutch: zijn — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Emilian: avêr — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Esperanto: esti — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Esperanto: jam — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Finnish: olla — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • French: avoir — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • French: être — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Old French: avoir — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Old French: aveir — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • North Frisian: heewe — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • North Frisian: haa — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Galician: haber — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Galician: ter — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • German: haben — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • German: sein — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • German: haa — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • German: sii — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Greek: έχω (écho) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Hittite: 𒄯𒍣 (ḫar-zi) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Icelandic: hafa — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Istriot: avì — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Italian: avere — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Italian: essere — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Macedonian: има (ima) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ha — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ha — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Old English: habban — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Old Saxon: hebbian — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Portuguese: with or without the adverb já — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Portuguese: ter — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Romanian: avea — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Scottish Gaelic: bi air — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Spanish: haber — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Swedish: ha — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Tibetan: ཡོད (yod) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Tibetan: ཡོད་རེད (yod red) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Tibetan: འདུག — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Tibetan: བཞག (bzhag) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Welsh: bod wedi — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Yiddish: האָבן (hobn) — auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses
  • Finnish: rest — interrogative auxiliary verb
  • Czech: mít — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Danish: få — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Dutch: krijgen — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Finnish: saada lapsi — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Finnish: synnyttää — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Galician: ter — give birth to — see also give birth
  • German: bekommen — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Korean: 낳다 (nata) — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Korean: 출산하다 (chulsanhada) — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Korean: 까다 (kkada) — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Latin: patio — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Latin: pario — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Piedmontese: caté — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Portuguese: ter — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Slovak: mať — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Spanish: tener un hijo — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Welsh: cael — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Welsh: geni — give birth to — see also give birth
  • Czech: mít — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Danish: have — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Dutch: hebben — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Finnish: olla — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • French: avoir — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • German: haben — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Ancient Greek: ἔχω (ékhō) — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Italian: farsi — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Macedonian: има (ima) — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Portuguese: ter — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Russian: име́ть (imétʹ) — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Slovak: mať — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Spanish: tener sexo — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Ukrainian: мати (maty) — engage in sexual intercourse with
  • Catalan: fer — cause to, by command or request
  • Danish: få — cause to, by command or request
  • Finnish: pyytää — cause to, by command or request
  • Finnish: määrätä — cause to, by command or request
  • French: faire — cause to, by command or request
  • Galician: facer — cause to, by command or request
  • Hungarian: -at/-et, -tat/-tet — cause to, by command or request
  • Italian: fare — cause to, by command or request
  • Latin: futurus sum — cause to, by command or request
  • Portuguese: fazer — cause to, by command or request
  • Spanish: hacer — cause to, by command or request
  • Spanish: encargar — cause to, by command or request
  • Spanish: mandar [a que] — cause to, by command or request
  • Spanish: encomendar — cause to, by command or request
  • Swedish: få — cause to, by command or request
  • Catalan: fer — cause to be
  • Chinese Mandarin: 把 — cause to be
  • Danish: have — cause to be
  • Danish: få — cause to be
  • Finnish: rest — cause to be
  • French: faire — cause to be
  • German: lassen — cause to be
  • Italian: fare — cause to be
  • Latin: faciō — cause to be
  • Old English: lǣtan — cause to be
  • Portuguese: ter — cause to be
  • Slovak: dostať — cause to be
  • Spanish: tener — cause to be
  • Swedish: få — cause to be
  • Danish: få — be affected by an occurrence
  • Finnish: a direct sentence would be used. — be affected by an occurrence
  • Spanish: tener — be affected by an occurrence
  • Afar: hindi — to depict as being
  • Finnish: see mukaan — to depict as being
  • Spanish: tener — to depict as being
  • Catalan: enganyar — to trick
  • Catalan: ensarronar — to trick
  • Catalan: fer truc — to trick
  • Catalan: engalipar — to trick
  • Finnish: puijata — to trick
  • French: avoir — to trick
  • French: duper — to trick
  • French: tromper — to trick
  • French: rouler — to trick
  • Italian: ingannare — to trick
  • Italian: imbrogliare — to trick
  • Portuguese: enganar — to trick
  • Portuguese: enrolar — to trick
  • Slovak: dostať — to trick
  • Spanish: engañar — to trick
  • Spanish: engrupir — to trick