# had

Pronunciation: say "HAD" /hæd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of have. — simple past and past participle of have
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of have. Use it to talk about owning or experiencing something in the past.
   - _He had three brothers and one sister growing up._
   - _We have had this apartment since 2015._
2. Used as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense, marking an action completed before a later point that is itself in the past.
   - Simple: Used with another verb to show an action that finished before a moment in the past.
   - _The storm had passed before dawn broke over the valley._
   - _They realized that someone had taken the keys while they slept._

## Verb

3. In archaic usage, functions as a past subjunctive equivalent to modern "would have." *(archaic)*
   - Simple: In old-fashioned English, used to mean "would have."

## Origin

"Had" is the past tense and past participle of "have." It comes from Middle English hadde, from Old English hæfde, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną ("to have"), and is related to Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, and Icelandic hafði.

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