Word.ws English Dictionary

have a word

have a word verb: to speak to someone, usually and especially in private, often in order to admonish.

Verb

have a word (third-person singular simple present has a word, present participle having a word, simple past and past participle had a word)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak to someone, usually and especially in private, often in order to admonish.
    • I think we should have a word.
    • She knew she was in big trouble when the teacher asked to have a word with her after class.

have a word meaning in Persian

have a word in Persian

speak to someone
چند کلمه حرف زدن čand kalame harf zadan

Forms of have a word

third-person singular presenthas a word
present participlehaving a word
past participlehad a word
pasthad a word

Questions about have a word

What does have a word mean?
Have a word means to speak to someone, usually and especially in private, often in order to admonish.
What is have a word in Persian?
Have a word in Persian is چند کلمه حرف زدن (čand kalame harf zadan). See Have a word meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is have a word?
Have a word is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a word?
The past tense of have a word is had a word.

Words near have a word in the dictionary

  1. have a turtle's head
  2. have a visual on
  3. have a way with
  4. have a whack at
  5. have a whale of a time
  6. have a word
  7. have a word in someone's ear
  8. have a word with oneself
  9. have against
  10. have an accident
  11. have an affair

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: have a word (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-have a word.ogg.

Cite this entry: “have a word.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/have_a_word. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.