English Online Dictionary. What means had? What does had mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English hadde (preterite), yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite), ġehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habdaz, past and past participle stem of *habjaną (“to have”), equivalent to have + -ed. Cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, Icelandic hafði.
Pronunciation
- (stressed) IPA(key): /hæd/
- (had to): IPA(key): /hæt/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /həd/, /əd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Verb
had
- simple past and past participle of have
- This morning I had an egg for breakfast.
- A good time was had by all.
- (auxiliary, followed by a past participle) Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.
- I felt sure that I had seen him before.
- (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: would have.
Usage notes
Had, like that, is one of a small number of words to be correctly used twice in succession in English in a non-contrived way, e.g. “He had had several operations previously.”
Derived terms
- had better
- had best
Anagrams
- ADH, AHD, DHA, HDA, dah
Afrikaans
Verb
had
- preterite of hê; had
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *satos, from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.
Noun
had m (plural hadoù)
- (botany) seed
Central Cagayan Agta
Pronoun
had
- (interrogative) where
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech had, from Proto-Slavic *gadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦat]
- Hyphenation: had
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
had m anim
- snake
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- had in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- had in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- had in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“hate”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
had n (singular definite hadet, not used in plural form)
- hate, hatred
Related terms
Verb
had
- imperative of hade
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑt
- IPA(key): /ɦɑt/
Verb
had
- singular past indicative of hebben
Hungarian
Etymology
From Old Hungarian hodu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognate with Finnish kunta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒd]
- Rhymes: -ɒd
Noun
had (plural hadak)
- (military) army
- (military, in compound words or phrases) war
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- had in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay had (“limit, boundary”), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhat/
- Rhymes: -hat
- Hyphenation: had
Noun
had (plural had-had, first-person possessive hadku, second-person possessive hadmu, third-person possessive hadnya)
- (rare) limit
- Synonyms: batas, limit
- (rare) boundary
- Synonym: batas
- (rare) until
- Synonym: hingga
- (rare) as far as.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “had” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Jersey Dutch
Alternative forms
- hād
- hāt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hat/
Verb
had
- singular past indicative of hävve; had.
Malay
Etymology
From Classical Malay [script needed] (had), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /had/
Noun
had (plural had-had, informal 1st possessive hadku, 2nd possessive hadmu, 3rd possessive hadnya)
- limit
- (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- Synonym: limit (Indonesian)
- (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- boundary
Synonyms
- batas
Derived terms
- berhad
Descendants
- Indonesian: had
Further reading
- “had” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Matal
Verb
had
- to walk, go
References
Middle English
Noun
had
- Alternative form of hod
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣad/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦat/
Noun
had m animal
- snake
Descendants
- Czech: had
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “had”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition, rank, person”). Akin to Old Norse heiðr (“dignity, honor”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, “manner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɑːd/, [hɑːd]
Noun
hād m
- person, individual
- a character
- individuality
- rank, status
- 9th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
- 9th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
- a person of the Trinity
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
- honor, dignity
- office (esp religious)
- state, condition; nature, manner
- gender
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
- (grammar) grammatical person
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- race; kindred, family; tribe, group
- choir
Declension
Related terms
- -hād
Descendants
- Middle English: hod, had, hade, hede, hode
- English: hade, hede (obsolete)
- Scots: hade (obsolete)
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɦat]
Noun
had m anim (genitive singular hada, nominative plural hady, genitive plural hadov, declension pattern of dub)
- snake, serpent
Declension
Derived terms
- hadí
- hadica f
Further reading
- had in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Sumerian
Romanization
had
- Romanization of 𒉺 (ḫad)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حد (hadd), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hadʲ/, [hɐdʲ]
Noun
had (definite accusative haddi, plural hadler or hudut)
- limit
- boundary
Declension
Related terms
- hiddet
- mahdut
- tahdit
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxad/
Noun
had m
- snake, serpent
Further reading
- “had” in Soblex
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh hat, from Proto-Brythonic *had, from Proto-Celtic *satos, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁-tó-, past participle of *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haːd/
- Rhymes: -aːd
Noun
had m pl or m sg (singulative hedyn, plural hadau)
- seed, seeds (collectively)
- semen, sperm
Derived terms
- hadblanhigyn m (“seedling”)
- t-seeded (adjective)
Related terms
- hadu (“to sow”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “had”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yola
Verb
had
- simple past tense of ha (“have”)
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 79