HAD


Meaning of HAD in English

1.

Had is the past tense and past participle of have .

2.

Had is sometimes used instead of ‘if’ to begin a clause which refers to a situation that might have happened but did not. For example, the clause ‘~ he been elected’ means the same as ‘if he ~ been elected’.

Had he succeeded, he would have acquired a monopoly...

Had I known what the problem was, we could have addressed it.

AUX: AUX n -ed, AUX n -ed

3.

If you have been ~, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price. (INFORMAL)

If your customer thinks he’s been ~, you have to make him happy.

PHRASE: be inflects

4.

If you say that someone has ~ it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding. (INFORMAL)

Unless she loses some weight, she’s ~ it...

PHRASE: AUX inflects

5.

If you say that you have ~ it, you mean that you are very tired of something or very annoyed about it, and do not want to continue doing it or it to continue happening. (INFORMAL)

I’ve ~ it. Let’s call it a day...

PHRASE: AUX inflects

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