# has

Pronunciation: US say "HAZ" /hæs/; UK

## Verb

1. Third-person singular present tense of have. — third-person singular simple present indicative of have
   - Simple: Third-person singular present tense of have. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Each member has a vote on the committee._
   - _The new model has a longer battery life than its predecessor._

## Origin

From Middle English "has" (also spelled "haes," "hafs," or "haves"), formed from "have" plus the ending "-s."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/has (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).