tenir — meaning in English

English meaning

• be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
• have verb To own or possess something.
• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
• old adj Having existed for a long time; not new or young.

Senses

tenir is used for these senses in English:

• be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
• be (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
• have (transitive) To possess, own.
• have (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
• hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• old Having existed or lived for the specified time.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

have — full definition

1. verb To own or possess something.
2. verb To experience, undergo, or be affected by something.
3. verb Used with a past participle to form the perfect tense, showing an action is completed.
4. verb To cause something to be done, often by someone else.
5. verb To eat or drink something.

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