<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used with object)</p><ul><li>2nd: had or (Archaic) hadst or haddest</li><li>2nd: have or (Archaic) hast</li><li>present plural: have</li><li>3rd: has or (Archaic) hath</li><li>3rd: had</li><li>present singular 1st person: have</li><li>past participle: had</li><li>past singular 1st person: had</li><li>present participle: having</li><li>past plural: had</li></ul></li><li><p>to possess; own; hold for use; contain:</p><ul><li>He has property.</li><li>The work has an index.</li><li>Antonyms: lack</li></ul></li><li><p>to hold, possess, or accept in some relation, as of kindred or relative position:</p><ul><li>He wanted to marry her, but she wouldn't have him.</li></ul></li><li><p>to get, receive, or take:</p><ul><li>to have a part in a play; to have news.</li><li>Synonyms: procure, secure, gain, obtain</li></ul></li><li><p>to experience, undergo, or endure, as joy or pain:</p><ul><li>Have a good time.</li><li>He had a heart attack last year.</li></ul></li><li><p>to hold in mind, sight, etc.:</p><ul><li>to have doubts.</li></ul></li><li><p>to cause to, as by command or invitation:</p><ul><li>Have him come here at five.</li></ul></li><li><p>to be related to or be in a certain relation to:</p><ul><li>She has three cousins.</li><li>He has a kind boss.</li></ul></li><li><p>to show or exhibit in action or words:</p><ul><li>She had the crust to refuse my invitation.</li></ul></li><li><p>to be identified or distinguished by; possess the characteristic of:</p><ul><li>He has a mole on his left cheek.</li><li>This wood has a silky texture.</li></ul></li><li><p>to engage in or carry on:</p><ul><li>to have a talk; to have a fight.</li></ul></li><li><p>to partake of; eat or drink:</p><ul><li>He had cake and coffee for dessert.</li></ul></li><li><p>to permit or allow:</p><ul><li>I will not have any talking during the concert.</li></ul></li><li><p>to assert, maintain, or represent as being:</p><ul><li>Rumor has it that she's going to be married.</li></ul></li><li><p>to know, understand, or be skilled in:</p><ul><li>to have neither Latin nor Greek.</li></ul></li><li><p>to beget or give birth to:</p><ul><li>to have a baby.</li></ul></li><li><p>to hold an advantage over:</p><ul><li>He has you there.</li></ul></li><li><p>to outwit, deceive, or cheat:</p><ul><li>We realized we'd been had by an expert con artist.</li></ul></li><li><p>to control or possess through bribery; bribe.</p></li><li><p>to gain possession of:</p><ul><li>There is none to be had at that price.</li></ul></li><li><p>to hold or put in a certain position or situation:</p><ul><li>The problem had me stumped.</li><li>They had him where they wanted him.</li></ul></li><li><p>to exercise, display, or make use of:</p><ul><li>Have pity on him.</li></ul></li><li><p>to invite or cause to be present as a companion or guest:</p><ul><li>We had Evelyn and Everett over for dinner.</li><li>He has his bodyguard with him at all times.</li></ul></li><li><p>to engage in sexual intercourse with.</p></li><li><p>noun: an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (have-not).</p></li><li><p>verb phrase: to go at vigorously; attack:</p><ul><li>First he decided to have at his correspondence.</li></ul></li></ul>