have+possession+of

  • 51Have one's cake and eat it too — To wish to have one s cake and eat it too or simply have one s cake and eat it (sometimes eat one s cake and have it too) is to want more than one can handle or deserve, or to try to have two incompatible things. This is a popular English… …

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  • 52have — verb 1) he had a new car Syn: possess, own, be in possession of, be the owner of; be blessed with, boast, enjoy; keep, retain, hold, occupy 2) the apartment has five rooms Syn: compr …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 53have — [OE] Have and its Germanic cousins, German haben, Dutch hebben, Swedish ha, and Danish have, come from a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *khabēn. This was probably a product of Indo European *kap , which was also the source of English heave and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 54have — verb 1) he had a new car Syn: own, be in possession of, be blessed with, boast, enjoy 2) the flat has five rooms Syn: comprise, consist of, contain, include, incorporate, be compose …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 55have — [OE] Have and its Germanic cousins, German haben, Dutch hebben, Swedish ha, and Danish have, come from a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *khabēn. This was probably a product of Indo European *kap , which was also the source of English heave and… …

    Word origins

  • 56Possession is nine-tenths of the law. — something that you say which means that if you have something, it is difficult for other people to take it away from you. It would be hard to ask for the piano back after they ve had it for so long. Possession is nine tenths of the law and all… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 57have — v. a. 1. Hold (whether one s own or not), be in actual possession of. 2. Possess, own, be in possession of, be seized of. 3. Be favored with. 4. Be the subject of. 5. Regard, consider, esteem. 6. Require, wish, desire. 7 …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 58have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 59have — 1. See habe A form of the salutatory expression Ave, used in the titles of some of the constitutions of the Theodosian and Justinian Codes 2. Imports ownership, and has been defined to mean to keep, to hold in possession, to own. To bear… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 60have — 1. See habe A form of the salutatory expression Ave, used in the titles of some of the constitutions of the Theodosian and Justinian Codes 2. Imports ownership, and has been defined to mean to keep, to hold in possession, to own. To bear… …

    Black's law dictionary