Having
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhævɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Having is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of have.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of have.
More Meanings
- The act of possessing; ownership.
- Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
- (obsolete) A person's behaviour.
- (obsolete, Scotland, chiefly in the plural) Good manners.
- (obsolete) Grasping; greedy.
Example Sentences
Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade— Your rights and charters hobnail’d into slush—
He thus came to think of perceiving as a complex of 'havings,' not a complex of 'havings' and 'doings.'
Out of my lean and low ability I’ll lend you something: my having is not much; I’ll make division of my present with you: Hold, there’s half my coffer.
The new man in Humanity, which is the communication of the Son of Man Who is the Interceder, is an asking man, although it is not a greedy and a having man.
Word Forms
- havings
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Related dictionary entries include accept, need, must, receive, induce, give.
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