Had vs. Have
Difference Between Had and Have
Had➦
Past tense and past participle of have.
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Have➦
possess, own, or hold
have you got a job yet?
he had a new car and a boat
I don't have that much money on me
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Had➦
simple past tense and past participle of have|cap=1.
This morning I had an egg for breakfast.
A good time was had by all.
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Have➦
experience; undergo
I went to a few parties and had a good time
I was having difficulty in keeping awake
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Had➦
Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.
I felt sure that I had seen him before.
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Have➦
be obliged or find it necessary to do the specified thing
sorry, we've got to dash
you don't have to accept this situation
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Had➦
As past subjunctive: would have.
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Have➦
perform the action indicated by the noun specified (used especially in spoken English as an alternative to a more specific verb)
he had a look round
the colour green has a restful effect
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Had➦
See Have.
And lever me is be pore and trewe.[And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.]
Him had been lever to be syke.[To him it had been preferable to be sick.]
For him was lever have at his bed's headTwenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie.
Poor lady, she were better love a dream.
You were best hang yourself.
Me rather had my heart might feel your loveThan my unpleased eye see your courtesy.
I hadde levere than my scherte,That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I.
I had as lief not be as live to beIn awe of such a thing as I myself.
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon,Than such a Roman.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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Have➦
show (a personal attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude
he had little patience with technological gadgetry
you never even phoned, and now you've got the cheek to come back
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Have➦
place or keep (something) in a particular position
Mary had her back to me
I soon had the trout in a net
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Have➦
be the recipient of (something sent, given, or done)
she had a letter from Mark
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Have➦
used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood
he had asked her
I have finished
she will have left by now
‘Have you seen him?’ ‘Yes, I have.’
I could have helped, had I known
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Have➦
people with plenty of money and possessions
an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots
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Have➦
a swindle.
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Have➦
To be in possession of
already had a car.
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Have➦
To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function
has a beard.
had a great deal of energy.
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Have➦
To possess or contain as a constituent part
a car that has air bags.
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Have➦
To occupy a particular relation to
had many disciples.
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Have➦
To possess knowledge of or facility in
has very little Spanish.
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Have➦
To hold in the mind; entertain
had doubts about their loyalty.
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Have➦
To use or exhibit in action
have compassion.
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Have➦
To come into possession of; acquire
Not one copy of the book was to be had in the entire town.
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Have➦
To receive; get
I had a letter from my cousin.
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Have➦
To accept; take
I'll have the peas instead of the spinach.
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Have➦
To suffer from
have defective vision.
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Have➦
To be subject to the experience of
had a difficult time last winter.
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Have➦
To cause to do something, as by persuasion or compulsion
had my assistant run the errand.
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Have➦
To cause to be in a specified place or state
had the guests in the dining room.
had everyone fascinated.
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Have➦
To permit; allow
I won't have that kind of behavior in my house.
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Have➦
To carry on, perform, or execute
have an argument.
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Have➦
To place at a disadvantage
Your opponent in the debate had you on every issue.
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Have➦
(Informal) To get the better of, especially by trickery or deception
They realized too late that they'd been had by a swindler.
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Have➦
(Informal) To influence by dishonest means; bribe
an incorruptible official who could not be had.
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Have➦
To procreate (offspring)
wanted to have a child.
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Have➦
To give birth to; bear
She's going to have a baby.
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Have➦
To partake of
have lunch.
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Have➦
To be obliged to; must
We simply have to get there on time.
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Have➦
To engage in sexual intercourse with.
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Have➦
Used with a past participle to form the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses indicating completed action
The troublemaker has gone for good. I regretted that I had lost my temper. They will have finished by the time we arrive.
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Have➦
One enjoying especially material wealth
"The gulf widens between the feast of the haves and the famine of the have-nots" (Salman Rushdie).
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Have➦
(transitive) To possess, own.
I have a house and a car.
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Have➦
(transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
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Have➦
(transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
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.
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Have➦
(transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
I have two sisters.
She doesn’t have any friends.
I have a really mean boss.
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Have➦
(transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
You've already had five drinks!
She's had more than enough time already.
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Have➦
(transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
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.
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Have➦
(transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
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.
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Have➦
To experience, go through, undergo.
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!
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Have➦
To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
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Have➦
(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
I will have left by the time you get here.
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Have➦
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.)
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?
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Have➦
See have to.
I have to go.
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Have➦
(transitive) To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
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Have➦
(usually passive) To obtain.
The substance you describe can't be had at any price.
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Have➦
(transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He’s always bragging about how many women he’s had.
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Have➦
(transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
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Have➦
To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
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.
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Have➦
To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture’s ending had the entire audience in tears.
Jim has his eyes closed.
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Have➦
To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I’ve had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
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Have➦
To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he’d been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
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Have➦
To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
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Have➦
To inflict punishment or retribution on.
You broke the window! Teacher’ll have you for that!
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Have➦
To be able to speak (a language).
I have no German.
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Have➦
To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
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Have➦
To trick, to deceive.
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.
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Have➦
To allow; to tolerate.
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.
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Have➦
To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
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Have➦
(transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
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Have➦
(transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
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Have➦
To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We’ll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
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Have➦
To make an observation of (a bird species).
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Have➦
A wealthy or privileged person.
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Have➦
(uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
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Have➦
A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
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Have➦
To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
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Have➦
To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
The earth hath bubbles, as the water has.
He had a fever late.
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Have➦
To accept possession of; to take or accept.
Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me?
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Have➦
To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
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Have➦
To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
I had the church accurately described to me.
Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also?
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Have➦
To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
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Have➦
To hold, regard, or esteem.
Of them shall I be had in honor.
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Have➦
To cause or force to go; to take.
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Have➦
To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; - used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
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Have➦
To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist.
The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction.
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Have➦
To understand.
You have me, have you not?
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Have➦
To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.
Myself for such a face had boldly died.
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Have➦
a person who possesses great material wealth
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Have➦
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
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Have➦
have as a feature;
This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France
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Have➦
of mental or physical states or experiences;
get an idea
experience vertigo
get nauseous
undergo a strange sensation
The chemical undergoes a sudden change
The fluid undergoes shear
receive injuries
have a feeling
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Have➦
have ownership or possession of;
He owns three houses in Florida
How many cars does she have?
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Have➦
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
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Have➦
serve oneself to, or consume regularly;
Have another bowl of chicken soup!
I don't take sugar in my coffee
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Have➦
have a personal or business relationship with someone;
have a postdoc
have an assistant
have a lover
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Have➦
organize or be responsible for;
hold a reception
have, throw, or make a party
give a course
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Have➦
have left;
I have two years left
I don't have any money left
They have two more years before they retire
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Have➦
be confronted with;
What do we have here?
Now we have a fine mess
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Have➦
undergo;
The stocks had a fast run-up
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Have➦
suffer from; be ill with;
She has arthritis
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Have➦
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
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Have➦
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
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Have➦
get something; come into possession of;
receive payment
receive a gift
receive letters from the front
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Have➦
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
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Have➦
achieve a point or goal;
Nicklaus had a 70
The Brazilian team got 4 goals
She made 29 points that day
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Have➦
give birth (to a newborn);
My wife had twins yesterday!
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Have➦
have sex with; archaic use;
He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
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