having

Meaning

present participle and gerund of have

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ha‧ving

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhævɪŋ/

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have

1. To possess, own.
2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
3. To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
4. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
5. To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
6. To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
7. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
8. To experience, go through, undergo.
9. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
10. Used in forming the perfect aspect.
11. 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.)
12. See have to.
13. To give birth to.
14. (informal) To obtain.
15. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
16. To accept as a romantic partner.
17. To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
18. To cause to be.
19. To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
20. To depict as being.
21. (slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
22. (slang) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
23. To be able to speak (a language).
24. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
25. (informal) To trick, to deceive.
26. To allow; to tolerate.
27. To believe, buy, be taken in by.
28. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
29. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
30. To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
31. To make an observation of (a bird species).
32. To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
33. To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.

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