avere — 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.
• menstruation noun The monthly process in which the lining of the uterus is shed as blood, in females who are not pregnant.
• obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
• old adj Having existed for a long time; not new or young.
• possess verb To have or own something.

Senses

avere is used for these senses in English:

• be (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
• 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.]
• have (transitive) To possess, own.
• have (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
• have (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
• menstruate (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
• menstruation The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
• 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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