've

abbr. (chiefly after pronouns) = HAVE (I've; they've).

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\(ə)v\ verb

Etymology: by contraction

: have

we've been there

I've the book

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contraction of have: I've got it. We've been there.

Usage. See contraction.

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've /v/ a shortened form of ↑have

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’ve UK [əv] US short form

the usual way of saying or writing ‘have’, added to the end of ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’ to form the present perfect tense This is not often used in formal writing

We’ve been trying to reach you since yesterday.

Thesaurus: short forms_hyponym

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/v after vowels, əv after consonants/

— used as a contraction of have

I've [=I have] been very busy.