Have

/hæv/ (weak form /həv/, /əv/, /v/) verb, auxiliary verb

To have usually means to own, hold, or experience something. As an auxiliary verb, it helps form perfect tenses, like “have seen” or “has done.”

From Old English “habban,” related to Germanic verbs meaning to hold or possess. It has slowly expanded into a grammar helper as well as a main verb.

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