Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hav

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: hav
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Informal spelling of have.

Informal

noun

Abbreviation of hepatitis A virus.

noun

Abbreviation of Hallux Abductus Valgus.

Example Sentences

"I giv full credit, I hope, to the earnest persons who stand ready to make liberal donations toward the founding of schools from which the Bible and religious exercises shall be forever excluded. […] I hav noticed in the parts of our country I hav visited that children seem to be better provided with instruction than with almost anything else. […] The founding of separate and exclusiv institutions of learning must of course make his burden heavier, and we would also be open to the charge, which we make against the Catholics, of being enemies of the public schools."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

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

Frequently Paired Words

HBV HCV HDV HEV HFV HGV HHV

Questions

What does hav mean?: Informal spelling of have.

How to pronounce hav

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