have
1. [ verb ] have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Synonyms: hold have_got
Examples:

: "She has $1,000 in the bank" "He has got two beautiful daughters" "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

Related terms: bear keep sustain keep wield monopolize stock carry keep keep
2. [ verb ] have as a feature
Synonyms: feature
Examples:

"This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

Related terms: miss read carry possess bear wear unite wear sport star abound wear emit give_off carry carry brim must own
3. [ verb ] of mental or physical states or experiences
Synonyms: get receive undergo experience
Examples:

: "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"

Related terms: take suffer respire labor horripilate experience perceive
4. [ verb ] have ownership or possession of
Synonyms: own possess
Examples:

"He owns three houses in Florida" "How many cars does she have?"

Related terms: prepossess possession owner
5. [ verb ] have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Synonyms: hold need must have_got
Examples:

"She has $1,000 in the bank" "He has got two beautiful daughters" "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

Related terms: bear keep sustain keep wield monopolize stock keep keep carry property rich_person
6. [ verb ] cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
Synonyms: get let
Examples:

: "He got his squad on the ball" "This let me in for a big surprise" "He got a girl into trouble"

Related terms: make
7. [ verb ] serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Synonyms: take consume ingest take_in
Examples:

"Have another bowl of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

Related terms: abstain eat eat feed drink use smoke swallow drink sample hit take_in satiate partake cannibalize sup drug take_in consumption
8. [ verb ] have a personal or business relationship with someone
Examples:

"have a postdoc" "have an assistant" "have a lover"

Related terms: interact
9. [ verb ] organize or be responsible for
Synonyms: hold give make throw
Examples:

"hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc.

Related terms: direct
10. [ verb ] have left
Examples:

"I have two years left" "I don't have any money left" "They have two more years before they retire"

Related terms: leave
11. [ verb ] be confronted with
Examples:

: "What do we have here?" "Now we have a fine mess"

12. [ verb ] undergo
Synonyms: experience
Examples:

"The stocks had a fast run-up"

Related terms: change meet experience
13. [ verb ] suffer from; be ill with
Examples:

"She has arthritis"

Related terms: suffer suffer
14. [ verb ] cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Synonyms: make cause get induce stimulate
Examples:

: "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"

Related terms: compel lead let persuade prompt decide encourage bring solicit suborn cause stimulation stimulation causing persuader inducement trigger
15. [ verb ] receive willingly something given or offered
Synonyms: accept take
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: refuse get welcome accept adopt honor honor bear adopt absorb take_in receive acceptance
16. [ verb ] get something; come into possession of
Synonyms: receive
Examples:

"receive payment" "receive a gift" "receive letters from the front"

Related terms: get graduate take_in accept inherit fence accept reception accept
17. [ verb ] (medicine) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Synonyms: suffer sustain get
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: experience break_down crack_up sick_person
18. [ verb ] (sport) achieve a point or goal, as in a sport
Synonyms: get make
Examples:

"Nicklaus had a 70" "The Brazilian team got 4 goals" "She made 29 points that day"

Related terms: score make
19. [ verb ] give birth (to a newborn)
Synonyms: bear give_birth birthe birth deliver
Examples:

"My wife had twins yesterday!"

Related terms: produce bear drop foal yean twin litter lamb kitten bear birth delivery conceive
20. [ verb ] (sexuality) have sex with; archaic use
Synonyms: take
Examples:

"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"

Related terms: love
21. [ verb ] be likely or probable
Synonyms: must
Examples:

"They have to be kidding"

Related terms: leave
22. [ noun ] a person who possesses great material wealth
Synonyms: wealthy_person millionaire rich_person
Related terms: person man_of_means millionaire millionairess affluent fat_cat croesus billionaire plutocrat own
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