have – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of have

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to have sb in
Participle: had sb in
Gerund: having sb in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ihave sb in
youhave sb in
he;she;ithas sb in
wehave sb in
youhave sb in
theyhave sb in

Perfect

Ihave had sb in
youhave had sb in
he;she;ithas had sb in
wehave had sb in
youhave had sb in
theyhave had sb in

Past

Ihad sb in
youhad sb in
he;she;ithad sb in
wehad sb in
youhad sb in
theyhad sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad had sb in
youhad had sb in
he;she;ithad had sb in
wehad had sb in
youhad had sb in
theyhad had sb in

Future

Iwill have sb in
youwill have sb in
he;she;itwill have sb in
wewill have sb in
youwill have sb in
theywill have sb in

Future Perfect

Iwill have had sb in
youwill have had sb in
he;she;itwill have had sb in
wewill have had sb in
youwill have had sb in
theywill have had sb in

Subjunctive

Present

Ihave sb in
youhave sb in
he;she;ithave sb in
wehave sb in
youhave sb in
theyhave sb in

Perfect

Ihave had sb in
youhave had sb in
he;she;ithave had sb in
wehave had sb in
youhave had sb in
theyhave had sb in

Imperfect

Ihad sb in
youhad sb in
he;she;ithad sb in
wehad sb in
youhad sb in
theyhad sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad had sb in
youhad had sb in
he;she;ithad had sb in
wehad had sb in
youhad had sb in
theyhad had sb in

Conditional

Present

Iwould have sb in
youwould have sb in
he;she;itwould have sb in
wewould have sb in
youwould have sb in
theywould have sb in

Perfect

Iwould have had sb in
youwould have had sb in
he;she;itwould have had sb in
wewould have had sb in
youwould have had sb in
theywould have had sb in

Imperative

youhave sb in
weLet's have sb in
youhave sb in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam having sb in
youare having sb in
he;she;itis having sb in
weare having sb in
youare having sb in
theyare having sb in

Perfect

Ihave been having sb in
youhave been having sb in
he;she;ithas been having sb in
wehave been having sb in
youhave been having sb in
theyhave been having sb in

Past

Iwas having sb in
youwere having sb in
he;she;itwas having sb in
wewere having sb in
youwere having sb in
theywere having sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad been having sb in
youhad been having sb in
he;she;ithad been having sb in
wehad been having sb in
youhad been having sb in
theyhad been having sb in

Future

Iwill be having sb in
youwill be having sb in
he;she;itwill be having sb in
wewill be having sb in
youwill be having sb in
theywill be having sb in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been having sb in
youwill have been having sb in
he;she;itwill have been having sb in
wewill have been having sb in
youwill have been having sb in
theywill have been having sb in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be having sb in
youwould be having sb in
he;she;itwould be having sb in
wewould be having sb in
youwould be having sb in
theywould be having sb in

Perfect

Iwould have been having sb in
youwould have been having sb in
he;she;itwould have been having sb in
wewould have been having sb in
youwould have been having sb in
theywould have been having sb in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'have'

have,

Verbs similar to 'have'

cave, dave, fave, hade, hake, hale, halve, hare, hase, hate,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

engage in sexual intercourse with
copulate with
to have ownership of
hold, own, possess
own
contain, retain, hold, occupy, possess
acquire
gain, get, obtain, procure, receive, secure, take
experience
enjoy, suffer, undergo
allow
permit
state
assert, asseverate, aver, hold, maintain, testify

Antonyms

own
disown, abandon, deny, disavow
experience
inexperience, immaturity, greenness, rawness
allow
disallow, forbid, prohibit, disapprove

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. habban "to own, possess," from P.Gmc. *khaf- (cf. O.N. hafa, O.S. hebbjan, O.Fris. habba, Ger. haben, Goth. haban "to have"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Not related to L. habere, despite similarity in form and sense; the L. cognate is capere "seize." O.E. second pers. sing. pres. hæfst, third pers. sing. pres. hæfð became M.E. hast, hath, while O.E. -bb- became -v- in have. The p.p. had developed from O.E. gehæfd. Sense of "possess, have at one's disposal" (I have a book) is a shift from older languages, where the thing possessed was made the subject and the possessor took the dative case (e.g. L. est mihi liber "I have a book," lit. "there is to me a book"). Used as an auxiliary in O.E., too (esp. to form present perfect tense); the word has taken on more functions over time; Mod.Eng. he had better would have been O.E. him (dat.) wære betere. To have to for "must" (1579) is from sense of "possess as a duty or thing to be done" (O.E.). Have-not "poor person" first recorded 1836. Phrase have a nice day first attested 1971. You never had it so good (1946) was said to be the stock answer to any complaints about U.S. Army life. Phrase have (noun), will (verb) is from 1954, originally from comedian Bob Hope, in the form Have tux, will travel; Hope described it as typical of vaudevillians' ads in "Variety," indicating a willingness to perform anywhere, any time.
2. Etymology tree
3. substratebor.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.
5. Proto-Germanic *habjaną
6. Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
7. Old English habban
8. Middle English haven
9. English have
10. From Middle English haven, from Old English habban (“to have”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”), durative of *habjaną (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, an imperfective formation to the root *kap- (“to take, seize, catch”). Related to heave.
11. Since there is no common Indo-European root for a transitive possessive verb have (notice that Latin habeō is not etymologically related to English have), Proto-Indo-European probably lacked the have structure. Instead, the third person forms of be were used, with the possessor in dative case, compare Latin mihi est / sunt, literally to me is / are.
12. The nonstandard etymology 1, verb sense 34 (“to be (an age)”) is a semantic loan from other languages’ term for “to possess, own”, such as French avoir, Polish mieć, and Spanish tener.
13. Cognates
14. Cognate with Scots hae (“to have”), North Frisian haa, heewe (“to have”), Saterland Frisian häbe, hääbe (“to have”), West Frisian hawwe (“to have”), Afrikaans hê (“to have”), Alemannic German haa, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè (“to have”), Bavarian hobm, hobn, hoom, håbn (“to have”), Cimbrian haban, hen, håm (“to have”), Dutch and Low German hebben (“to have”), German haben (“to have”), Limburgish haane, höbbe (“to have”), Luxembourgish hunn (“to have”), Mòcheno hom (“to have”), Vilamovian hon (“to have”), Yiddish האָבן (hobn, “to have”), Danish have (“to have”), Elfdalian åvå (“to have”), Faroese hava (“to have”), Icelandic hafa (“to have”), Norwegian Bokmål ha (“to have”), Norwegian Nynorsk ha, hava, have, hå (“to have”), Swedish ha, hafva, hava (“to have”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban, “to have”), Albanian kap (“to grab, catch, grip”), Latin capiō (“take”, verb), Russian хапать (xapatʹ, “to seize”). See: Middle English 'haven', Old English 'habban', Proto-Germanic '*habjaną', Proto-Indo-European '*kapyéti', Scots 'hae', Frisian, Saterlandic 'häbe', Afrikaans 'hê', Alemannic German 'haa', Cimbrian 'haban', German, old spelling 'haben', Luxembourgish 'hunn', Wymysorys 'hon', Danish 'have', Elfdalian 'åvå', Faroese 'hava', Icelandic 'hafa', Norwegian 'ha', Norwegian, nynorsk 'ha', Swedish 'ha', Albanian 'kap', Latin 'capiō', Russian 'хапать'.

Verbs referencing "have"

Danish have, Low Saxon hebben, Norwegian, nynorsk ha, Spanish caber, Albanian kam, German, old spelling haben, Esperanto havi, Sranan abi, Alemannic German hoh, Alemannic German heen, Alemannic German hè, Alemannic German hä, Alemannic German haa, Latin capio, Ido havar, Cimbrian haban, Alemannic German häbä.

Sample Sentences

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