hebben — meaning in English

English meaning

• able adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
• have verb To own or possess something.
• like verb To enjoy something or find it agreeable; to be favorably disposed toward someone or something.
• own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.

Senses

hebben is used for these senses in English:

• I wish (idiomatic, colloquial) Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true
• able Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• have (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
• if only (idiomatic) I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
• like (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
• own (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

able — full definition

1. adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
2. adj Skilled or competent.

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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