HAVE GOT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does have got mean? 

• HAVE GOT (verb)
  The verb HAVE GOT has 1 sense:

1. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

  Familiarity information: HAVE GOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAVE GOT (verb)

Meaning:

Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

have; have got; hold

Context examples:

She has $1,000 in the bank / He has got two beautiful daughters / She holds a Master's degree from Harvard

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "have got"):

keep; maintain; sustain (supply with necessities and support)

bear; hold (have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices)

carry; stock; stockpile (have on hand)

exert; maintain; wield (have and exercise)

monopolise; monopolize (have or exploit a monopoly of)

keep (have as a supply)

keep; maintain (maintain for use and service)

keep (look after; be the keeper of; have charge of)

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

carry (have or possess something abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They have got the money