have

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To own or possess something.

   I have a house and a car.

2. 2
   verb

   To include something as a part or feature.

   The shirt has long sleeves.

3. 3
   verb

   To experience or be affected by something.

   I have a headache today.

4. 4
   verb

   To be related to or connected with a person.

   I have two sisters.

Common collocations

• have a baby Verb + noun
• have a boy Verb + noun
• have a boyfriend Verb + noun
• have a coffee Verb + noun
• have a dream Verb + noun
• have a drink Verb + noun
• have a family Verb + noun
• have a girlfriend Verb + noun
• have a kid Verb + noun
• have a problem Verb + noun
• have a son Verb + noun
• have a talk Verb + noun

Etymology tree 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 *kh₂pyéti, present tense of *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-…

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