mieć — 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.
• own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.

Senses

mieć 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 to Used to express an official plan, arrangement, or scheduled event.
• have (transitive) To possess, own.
• have to Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.
• own (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

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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