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there've

there've contraction: shortened form of there have.

Contraction

there've

  1. (colloquial, contraction) Shortened form of there have.
    • There've been a few problems.

Phrases with there've

Questions about there've

What does there've mean?
There've means shortened form of there have.
What part of speech is there've?
There've is a contraction.

Words near there've in the dictionary

  1. there's none so blind as those who will not see
  2. there's nothing to it
  3. there's nowt so queer as folk
  4. there's one born every minute
  5. there's the rub
  6. there've
  7. there've been
  8. there, there
  9. there-anent
  10. there4
  11. thereabout

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