have

/hæv/ v [T] (present tense has /hæz/, /həz/, /əz/, past tense and past participle had /hæd/, /həd/, /əd/) (CAUSE)

Definition

› to cause something to happen, or to cause someone to do something: We’re having the house painted. She had her parents come to her house for Thanksgiving. We often have friends over.

(Definition of have v (CAUSE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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have something in common idiom
have the last laugh idiom
have the last word on something idiom
have to auxiliary verb
have to do with something idiom
have v CAUSE
have v CONTAIN
have v DO
have v EXPERIENCE
have v POSSESS
have v RECEIVE

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have auxiliary verb PERFECT TENSE
have v DO
have v RECEIVE
have v EXPERIENCE
have v POSSESS
have v CONTAIN

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have (got) on something phrasal verb WEAR
have (got) something on someone phrasal verb KNOW
have (got) on something phrasal verb OPERATE

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have (just about) had it idiom
have had it with someone/something idiom
have (got) a hand in something idiom
have a (good) head for something idiom
have a heart idiom
have a screw loose idiom

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