've
contraction of have:
've
1 American
Ve
2
American
[ve]
/ vɛ /
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
've
1
British
contraction
ve
2
British
abbreviation
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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"From the videos that I 've seen, it looked like kids at a snowball fight," Mamdani said.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The “7” in the new album title stands for the seven members, the seven years they ‘ve been together. In some way that I don’t understand, it’s considered a “reboot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
I 've witnessed a good father and husband.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
You 've been checked at every point you raised.
From Economist ● Nov. 27, 2012
July 15—1 've been putting off a visit to my mother.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
At the Museo Jumex in Mexico City, a retrospective of his work, “Lari Pittman: Lo Que Se Ve, Se Pregunta,” will be on view through Feb. 26.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Thursday on Instagram, Wilson posted a photo with her girlfriend, Agruma, a Los Angeles-based fashion and jewelry designer known for her casual Lemon Ve Limon clothing line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
Botham credits makeup designer Ve Neill for placing a special fastener on the back of Reubens’s neck, smoothing out extra skin and leaving less work for postproduction.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
As played by Eddie Marsan, he was a scourge of received wisdom and apathy who was wont to say things such as: "Ve are vinning ze battle of ze buttock."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2012
Ve and Vili and Odin looked at each other and spoke of what was needful to do, there in the void of Ginnungagap.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Carbona remade BioLife into AveXis: Av for adeno-associated virus serotype 9, the engine of Kaspar’s drug; ve for vector; X for the DNA helix; and Is for Isis, the goddess of children, nature and magic.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025
"People are interested, people want to go back to vote ... Most of them didn't register new addresses so they will have to go back," said Ertim Orkun, chairman of Oy ve Otesi.
From Reuters ● May 14, 2023
The webpage says that in addition to such pronouns as he/him, she/her and they, “some people prefer to use gender-neutral pronouns, such as ne, ve, ze/zie and xe.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
First, the greater the exhaust velocity of the gases relative to the rocket, ve , the greater the acceleration is.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
“Yeh ve done wrong an’ now yeh’ve got ter pay fer it.”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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