Read vs Have - What's the Difference?

Have

Read

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a person who possesses great material wealth
Definition as Noun
  • something that is read
Definition as Verb
  • have a personal or business relationship with someone
  • have left
  • be confronted with
  • suffer from; be ill with
  • receive willingly something given or offered
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • undergo
  • have as a feature
  • cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  • achieve a point or goal
  • cause to be born
  • have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
  • organize or be responsible for
  • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  • have ownership or possession of
  • get something; come into possession of
  • undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  • have sex with; archaic use
Definition as Verb
  • interpret something that is written or printed
  • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  • to hear and understand
  • be a student of a certain subject
  • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • have or contain a certain wording or form
  • obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
  • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • make sense of a language

Examples

  • "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"
  • "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"
  • "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"
  • "She has arthritis"
  • "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
  • "have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
  • "The stocks had a fast run-up"
  • "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
  • "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
  • "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
  • "My wife had twins yesterday!"
  • "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
  • "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
  • "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
  • "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
  • "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
  • "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
  • "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
  • "the article was a very good read"
  • "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
  • "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
  • "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
  • "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
  • "I read you loud and clear!"
  • "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
  • "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
  • "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb