have
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
How often you will meet it
Rank 28 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 1,088,636 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.517% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
auxiliary verb
- used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
have in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But you will have it, will you?
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Hardly could there have been put by anyone a more difficult question.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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He would have liked to give the boy a cuff on the ear.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Some of the parts are rather long, but all have been played by children of the age indicated in the text.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1