Used in a Sentence

having

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for having.

Editorial note

They may be wrong, but the debate is worth having.

Examples18
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of possessing; ownership.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of having gathered in one view.

noun

The act of possessing; ownership.

noun

Something owned; possession; goods; estate.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for having.

noun

The act of possessing; ownership.

noun

Something owned; possession; goods; estate.

Example sentences

1

They may be wrong, but the debate is worth having.

2

The issue is not having the type info available.

3

The more languages you have the more effort is required for having good tooling, which is already lacking.

4

We value learning and growth (and not having bored people) and invest regular time in doing so.

5

With an intrusive linked list you pay the memory cost of having node pointers all the time.

6

It would be similar to having Windows XP running on your system and wanting to upgrade to Windows 7.

7

Who cares about wearing nailpolish when you'll be ostracized for having political opinions which anywhere else would be perfectly mainstream?

8

It's just stupid people having higher reach because whole system is based on democratic likes.

9

I'm sure having the experience of so much attention due to a media campaign is a bit disquieting.

10

If you have a clearance as an employee of a contractor, and don't get extra pay for having it, you just leave.

11

The article seemed to indicate the expected lifespan of this tree was around 200 years, despite it having lived nearly twice that long.

12

More recently focusing on front-end work; having users happy to interact with something I've built is what keeps me motivated.

Quote examples

1

Someone wrote a blog post saying "I'm having trouble finding a job." Look at the top comment, it's basically saying "You don't know what the fuck you are talking about, get out of here.

2

The problem is that a manager who's permissive and nurturing will be regarded well by his subordinates, and held in good regard during good times, but if something happens outside of his control, he's likely to take blame from above for having been "too soft".

3

One of my favorites is when they savaged Origin for not having the server component finished by the retail ship date of an Ultima Online expansion: "In these two short paragraphs, Origin has effectively ended what will someday be known as the golden age of games.

Proper noun examples

1

Having it be tied to external hardware like a graphics card or RAM flat-out doesn't make sense.

2

Having been through several similar accreditations at my own school (I'm a C.

3

Having a least a portion of this credit would give us room to maneuver so we can polish up our Android and Blackberry 10 apps and with the money we save it would allow us to scale, rather than just get by.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use having in a sentence?

They may be wrong, but the debate is worth having.

What does having mean?

The act of possessing; ownership.

What part of speech is having?

having is commonly used as noun.