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have in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. receive willingly something given or offered
    "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"
    accept  take  have 
  2. cause to be born
    "My wife had twins yesterday!"
    give birth  deliver  bear  birth  have 
  3. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
    "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"
    induce  stimulate  cause  have  get  make 
  4. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
    consume  ingest  take in  take  have 
  5. undergo
    "The stocks had a fast run-up"
    have  experience 
  6. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
    "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
    experience  receive  have  get 
  7. have as a feature
    "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
    have  feature 
  8. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
    "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"
    suffer  sustain  have  get 
  9. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
    "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
    get  let  have 
  10. achieve a point or goal
    "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
    have  get  make 
  11. organize or be responsible for
    "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
    hold  throw  have  make  give 
  12. suffer from; be ill with
    "She has arthritis"
    have 
  13. have sex with; archaic use
    "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
    take  have 
  14. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
    "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
    have  have got  hold 
  15. have left
    "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"
    have 
  16. get something; come into possession of
    "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
    receive  have 
  17. have ownership or possession of
    "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
    own  have  possess 
  18. have a personal or business relationship with someone
    "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"
    have 
  19. be confronted with
    "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"
    have 
noun
  1. a person who possesses great material wealth
    rich person  wealthy person  have 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University