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have time

have time verb: to be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule).
  2. To have enough time, e.g. for doing something.
    • She had time to think about it.
    • Major, we don't have time for this. / It's just for one minute.1997, 1:02:30 from the start, in The Fifth Element (Science Fiction / Action), →ISBN, →OCLC

Forms of have time

third-person singular presenthas time
present participlehaving time
past participlehad time
pasthad time

Questions about have time

What does have time mean?
Have time means to be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule).
What part of speech is have time?
Have time is a verb.
What is the past tense of have time?
The past tense of have time is had time.

Words near have time in the dictionary

  1. have the world by the tail
  2. have the world by the tail on a downhill pull
  3. have the world by the testicles
  4. have the world on a string
  5. have tickets on oneself
  6. have time
  7. have time on one's hands
  8. have time on one's side
  9. have to
  10. have to say for oneself
  11. have truck and trade with

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