[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/have.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / have [← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/H/) # have «have» in Mova's school dictionary: **to own or hold something: I have a bike** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (have, has, had, having; short forms 've, 's, 'd); auxiliary (have done) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To have is to own or hold something: I have a bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m1) 2) To have is to be made of or contain: A week has 7 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m2) 3) To have is to eat, drink or take part in: have lunch, have a bath, have fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m3) 4) «Have to» means must: I have to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m4) 5) Have helps make past tenses: I have finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m5) 6) To have can mean to get or be ill with: have a cold, have a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m6) 7) (casual) «Have got» or just «got» means have: I've got 2; «hafta» and «gotta» mean have to; «I'll have a …» orders food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m7) 8) (rough) «You've had it!» means you are in big trouble; «I've had it with you» means I have lost patience; «have a go at» means attack with words; «been had» means been tricked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m8) 9) (formal) The exam voice says «possess», «be in possession of», «hold», «retain», «comprise», «contain», «be obliged to» (have to). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#m9) ### sense in the lessons how many someone owns, at the start («had») or now («have», «has»); «has … now» asks for the end amount; «each bag has 4» = the size of one group; in everyday life «have to», «have a go», «have a good day», «have a look»; in science «insects have 6 legs»; in casual talk «got» for have, «I'll have the chips»; in rough talk «you've had it», «I've had enough»; in the exam voice «is in possession of», «retains», «comprises» ### examples - Zoe had 8 books and lost 5. How many books does Zoe have now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x1) - Each bag has 4 stamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x2) - Tom has 3 more pens than Ali. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x3) - A week has 7 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x4) - A spider has 8 legs and an insect has 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x5) - We have pasta for dinner on Fridays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x6) - I have to finish my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x7) - Have you ever seen snow? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x8) - Have fun at the party! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x9) - got 7 ants in the jar lol how many legs is that [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x10) - Break that again and you've had it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x11) - How many does Zoe retain, given that she was initially in possession of 8 volumes and subsequently mislaid 5? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/#x12) ### note No clue alone: «had N» is the start, «has … now» asks for the end; «was in possession of» and «retains» in an exam work the same way. Trap: «has N more/fewer … than» is a comparison, not a change. Forms: I/you/we/they have; he/she/it has; past had. A week has 7 days; a day has 24 hours; an insect has 6 legs; a spider has 8 legs. «I've got 3» means I have 3. «You've had it» is a warning, not about owning. ### In the corpora - [A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/12/) - [One worker alone has little power, but many together are much harder to ignore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/11/) - [An inheritance is money or belongings left by someone who has died, as written in their will.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/13/) - [Rent is often a family's biggest bill, so when it goes up, other spending has to shrink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/9/) - [That night she opens her banking app and groans: "The app says we've spent eighty dollars on takeaways this month."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/7/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «have» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/have/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.