haven't

/ˈhæv.n̩t/

verb

have not (negative form of have)

“Haven't I to be here at 9?”

Similar
hain'than't
OriginEnglish have ← Middle English haven ← Old English habban →
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Meanings

verb
  1. have not (negative form of have)

    Haven't I to be here at 9?

    2 more examples

    You've a bad back again, haven't you? - No, actually I haven't.

    Sce.: Which I'd grant ye, if ye came at Midnight; but now I haven't the conveniency o' supplying your Wants.'

    1694, Titus Maccius Plautus, Plautus's comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play, page 170

    Synonyms: hain't, han't

Synonyms & antonyms

verbhave not (negative form of have)

Similar
hain'than't

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
  4. Old Englishhabban
  5. Middle Englishhaven
  6. Englishhave
  7. Englishhaven't

From have + -n't.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Havant
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APA

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Chicago

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