HAVE GOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does have got mean? 

• HAVE GOT (verb)
  The verb HAVE GOT has 1 sense:

1. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

  Familiarity information: HAVE GOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAVE GOT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

have; have got; hold

Context example:

She holds a Master's degree from Harvard

Verb group:

feature; have (have as a feature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "have got"):

keep; maintain; sustain (supply with necessities and support)

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

keep (look after; be the keeper of; have charge of)

keep; maintain (maintain for use and service)

keep (have as a supply)

monopolise; monopolize (have or exploit a monopoly of)

exert; maintain; wield (have and exercise)

carry; stock; stockpile (have on hand)

bear; hold (have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices)

carry (have or possess something abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They have got the money

 Context examples 

He came back full of life and hope and determination; we have got everything in order for to-night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was my hope when I came here, said Mr. Micawber, to have got Wilkins into the Church: or perhaps I shall express my meaning more strictly, if I say the Choir.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“By Jove, Peterson!” said he, “this is treasure trove indeed. I suppose you know what you have got?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I wondered what this man could have got from such a work.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“But if you have got them to-day,” said Elizabeth, “my mother's purpose will be answered.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Now that I have got so far, I had best proceed on my own lines, and then clear the whole matter up once and for all.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These men have got hold of Melas again.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That shall not help you,” cried she, “even if you have got a long way off, you shall still not escape me.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You fool, you would have it and you have got it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Did upon my soul; knew him again directly, and he seemed to have got some very pretty cattle too.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)