have

Pronunciation: [hæv]

Average Rank: 23

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

vt. 有, 怀有, 拿, 进行 aux. 已经

Detailed Explanations:
  • v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
  • v. have as a feature
  • v. have a personal or business relationship with someone
  • v. have left
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Present Participle: having
Past: had
3rd Person: has
Past Participle: had

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#26

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.7% (Top 99.7% most frequent)
99.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#19

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#25

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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