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havings

havings is the plural of having.

Meaning of having

Noun

having (countable and uncountable, plural havings)

  1. The act of possessing; ownership.
    • He thus came to think of perceiving as a complex of 'havings,' not a complex of 'havings' and 'doings.'2002, Ronald Jager, The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy
  2. Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
    • Out of my lean and low ability
      I’ll lend you something: my having is not much;
      I’ll make division of my present with you:
      Hold, there’s half my coffer.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (obsolete) A person's behaviour.
  4. (Scotland, in plural, obsolete) Good manners.

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Questions about havings

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Havings is the plural of having.

Words near havings in the dictionary

  1. having up
  2. having Van Gogh's ear for music
  3. having way
  4. having words
  5. havingness
  6. havings
  7. havior
  8. haviour
  9. Havis
  10. Havises
  11. Havisham

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