had

Pronunciation: /hæd/

The English word “had” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.
As past subjunctive: would have.

Etymology

From Middle English hadde (preterite), yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite), ġehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habdaz, past and past participle stem of *habjaną (“to have”), equivalent to have + -ed. Cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, Icelandic hafði.

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