Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have done

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.55 in modern English

Syllables: have -done
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reach an end.

Intransitive verb

phrase

stop! cease! desist!

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Your turn, I've done talking for now."
"1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done."
"But John cut the matter short by saying to him, "Have done; you are my servant, and I intend to take a trip with you." So he gave up, especially as the others told him that there was no remedy."

Usage

Inflected Forms

has done (present, singular) having done (participle, present) had done (participle, past) had done (past)

Phrases

have done with

Questions

What does have done mean?: To reach an end.

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