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had've

had've contraction: had have (used in conditional statements to express "had").

Contraction

had've

  1. (contraction, nonstandard) had have (used in conditional statements to express "had")
    • If I had've known, I would have told you.

Questions about had've

What does had've mean?
Had've means had have (used in conditional statements to express "had").
What part of speech is had've?
Had've is a contraction.

Words near had've in the dictionary

  1. had Van Gogh's ear for music
  2. had way
  3. had words
  4. had'nt
  5. had'st
  6. had've
  7. had-
  8. Hada
  9. hadacidin
  10. Hadad
  11. hadada

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