Dictionary

has en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /hæz/ stressed form
• həz (unstressed)
• hăz stressed form
• əz (unstressed)
• /həz/ (unstressed)
• hăs has to
• /əz/ (unstressed)
• (UK) audio
• /hæs/ has to

Etymology

From Middle English has, haes, hafs, haves, equivalent to have + -s. Compare hath.

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of have
   form of have
   • The French Revolution has influenced popular movements since the 1800s.
   • The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…] 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
   • She has plenty of reasons to be thankful.

Forms

Deriveds

has-a