've
1 Americannoun
contraction
abbreviation
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
"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
![]()
Completing the trio of long-titled nominated movies were Ve Neill and Martin Samuel, who were nominated for their work on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
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
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
![]()
“As we’ve had this big push into the enterprise, there ha ve been a bunch of surprises,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said onstage with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk at Tuesday’s conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
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
Each of those eight wins were by at least 11 ve won four straight and eight of 10 to improved to 17-12.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Veil, ve fought bravely,” said a gloomy voice behind Harry.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
![]()
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.