had
[ had ]
/ hæd /
verb
simple past tense and past participle of have.
Words nearby had
Definition for had (2 of 2)
Origin of have
before 900; Middle English
haven,
habben, Old English
habban; cognate with German
haben, Old Norse
hafa, Gothic
haban to have; perhaps akin to
heave
synonym study for have
1.
Have,
hold,
occupy,
own,
possess mean to be, in varying degrees, in possession of something.
Have, being the most general word, admits of the widest range of application:
to have money, rights, discretion, a disease, a glimpse, an idea; to have a friend's umbrella. To
hold is to have in one's grasp or one's control, but not necessarily as one's own:
to hold stakes. To
occupy is to hold and use, but not necessarily by any right of ownership:
to occupy a chair, a house, a position. To
own is to have the full rights of property in a thing, which, however, another may be holding or enjoying:
to own a house that is rented to tenants.
Possess is a more formal equivalent for
own and suggests control, and often occupation, of large holdings:
to possess vast territories.
usage note for have
See
of2.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH have
halve haveBritish Dictionary definitions for had (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for had (2 of 2)
have
/ (hæv) /
verb has, having or had (mainly tr)
noun
(usually plural)
a person or group of people in possession of wealth, security, etc
the haves and the have-nots
Word Origin for have
Old English
habban; related to Old Norse
hafa, Old Saxon
hebbian, Old High German
habēn, Latin
habēre
Idioms and Phrases with had (1 of 2)
had
Idioms and Phrases with had (2 of 2)
have