had

[had]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of have.

had

/ hæd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of have

Idioms and Phrases

• have

Example Sentences

She said her ex-husband had been "lying" to the court when his legal team argued he could not be held fully responsible for his actions due to his history of depression.

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She has become the 10th president of the Republic of Ireland after defeating Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys, who had already conceded to her rival.

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Nick Woltemade had scored four of Newcastle's previous five goals in the Premier League.

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"Yeo is with us, but had a bad knock," the coach said.

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Two other women have since told Le Parisian that they had been victims of the same man.

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