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he've

he've contraction: he have.

Contraction

he've

  1. (contraction, dialectal) he have.
    • "He's not at home, and won't be this side of eleven o'clock. He've been forced to go over to Yalbury since shutting out work. I shall do quite as well."1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

Questions about he've

What does he've mean?
He've means he have.
What part of speech is he've?
He've is a contraction.

Words near he've in the dictionary

  1. he's
  2. he's unconscious
  3. he's-at-home
  4. he's-at-homes
  5. he'sn't
  6. he've
  7. he-
  8. he-ass
  9. he-asses
  10. he-bear
  11. he-bears

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