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present participle of have.

having

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging hiring holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

ADJECTIVE

unconspicuous

Synonyms

WEAK

camouflaged concealed dim faint hidden indistinct insignificant low-key low-profile modest muted obscure ordinary plain quiet retiring secretive shy soft-pedalled subtle tenuous unassuming unemphatic unnoticeable unobtrusive unostentatious

ADJECTIVE

unnoticeable

Synonyms

STRONG

unobtrusive

WEAK

NOUN

enjoyment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indulgence

STRONG

advantage benefit exercise ownership spending using

Antonyms

STRONG

disadvantage hindrance loss

WEAK

displeasure dissatisfaction lack misery need sorrow unhappiness want woe

NOUN

ownership

Synonyms

STRONGEST

control holding partnership property purchase takeover

STRONG

buying claim cut deed dominion end hand occupancy piece proprietorship purchasing residence slice tenancy tenure title

WEAK

possessorship proprietary rights

Antonyms

STRONG

lease renting

NOUN

proprietorship

Synonyms

STRONG

buying claim control cut deed dominion end hand holding occupancy partnership piece possession property purchase purchasing residence slice takeover tenancy tenure title

WEAK

possessorship proprietary rights

Antonyms

STRONG

whole

Example Sentences

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Members of the selling family, who do not want to be named, found the items inside dusty chests, having been packed away for nearly a century.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

“We’re having trouble recruiting new members,” says Sue Daly, 65, president of the Ladies Auxiliary in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

You may have even convinced yourself that it is the funniest thing you’ll watch this month without having seen it yet.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

The Three Lions already have painful memories of the Azteca, having lost a World Cup quarterfinal there in 1986 against Diego Maradona and the “Hand of God.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

But the joy of having her back outweighed my anxiety.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

having

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