had

See also haad

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hæd/, X-SAMPA: /h{d/

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• Rhymes: -æd

Verb

had

1. simple past tense and past participle of have
   • 1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:

     About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton [...].

2. (auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (+ past participle).
   • 2011, Ben Cooper, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2011:

     Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson?

3. (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: ‘would have’.
   • 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:

     To holde myne honde, by God, I had grete payne; / For forthwyth there I had him slayne, / But that I drede mordre wolde come oute [...].

   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.4:

     Julius Cæsar had escaped death, if going to the Senate-house, that day wherein he was murthered by the Conspirators, he had read a memorial which was presented unto him.

   • 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 24:

     If all was good and fair we met, / This earth had been the Paradise / It never look’d to human eyes / Since our first Sun arose and set.

Related terms

• be had

Usage notes

Had, like that, is one of a very few words to be correctly used twice in succession in English, e.g. He had had several operations previously.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: it · for · as · #16: had · you · not · be

Anagrams

• ADH
• AHD
• dah
• DHA

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Afrikaans

Verb

had

1. preterite of hê; had

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sato-, from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.

Noun

had

1. (botany) seed

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

had m

1. snake

Derived terms

• hádě
• hadí

Related terms

• hadice f

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“hate”), *ḱād-.

Noun

had n (singular definite hadet, not used in plural form)

1. hate, hatred

Related terms

fremmedhad n hade hadefuld hadegave c

hadfyldt had-kærlighed c had-kærligheds-forhold n hadsk

racehad n selvhad n

Verb

had

1. imperative of hade

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt
• IPA: /ɦɑt/

Verb

had

1. singular past indicative of hebben

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root *kunta as Finnish kunta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɒd/

Noun

had (plural hadak)

1. (military) army

Declension

declension of had singular plural nominative had hadak accusative hadat hadakat dative hadnak hadaknak instrumental haddal hadakkal causal-final hadért hadakért translative haddá hadakká terminative hadig hadakig essive-formal hadként hadakként essive-modal - - inessive hadban hadakban superessive hadon hadakon adessive hadnál hadaknál illative hadba hadakba sublative hadra hadakra allative hadhoz hadakhoz elative hadból hadakból delative hadról hadakról ablative hadtól hadaktól

possessives of had possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. hadam hadaim 2nd person sing. hadad hadaid 3rd person sing. hada hadai 1st person plural hadunk hadaink 2nd person plural hadatok hadaitok 3rd person plural haduk hadaik

Derived terms

• hadgyakorlat
• hadi
• hadjárat
• hadsereg

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition, rank, person”). Akin to Old Norse heiðr "dignity, honor", Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, “manner”).

Noun

hād m

1. person, individual; character
2. individuality
3. rank, order; degree
4. honor, dignity
5. office (esp religious)
6. state, condition; nature, manner
7. sex, gender
8. race; kindred, family; tribe, group
9. choir

Declension

    Declension of had (strong u-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hād	hāda
accusative	hād	hāda
genitive	hāda	hāda
dative	hāda	hādum

Related terms

• -hād

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.

Noun

had m (genitive singular hada, nominative plural hady), declension pattern dub

1. snake, serpent

Declension

    declension of had

	singular	plural
nominative	had	hady
genitive	hada	hadov
dative	hadu	hadom
accusative	had	hady
locative	hade	hadoch
instrumental	hadom	hadmi

Derived terms

• hadí -ia -ie
• hadica f

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَدّ.

Noun

had

1. limit
2. boundary

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Upper Sorbian

Noun

had m

1. snake, serpent

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sato-, from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [hɑːd]

Noun

had m (collective, singulative hedyn, plural hadau)

1. (botany) seed, seeds (collectively)