- have news for someone
- spoken
used for telling someone some news, especially bad news
You think she likes you? Well, I've got news for you. She doesn't!
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have news for someone
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have news for someone — spoken phrase used for telling someone some news, especially bad news You think she likes you? Well, I’ve got news for you. She doesn’t! Thesaurus: general words for information, news and factssynonym Main entry: news * * * have news for someone … Useful english dictionary
news — [ nuz ] noun uncount *** 1. ) information about something that has happened recently: I m afraid I ve got some bad news. I wrote to John telling him all the latest news. news for: Good news for home owners! news of/about: Friends expressed shock… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
news */*/*/ — UK [njuːz] / US [nuz] noun [uncountable] Get it right: news: Although the word news has an s on the end, it is an uncountable noun, so: ▪ it is never used in the plural ▪ it does not follow a Wrong: She now lives in exile, but the good news are … English dictionary
news — W1S1 [nju:z US nu:z] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: new] 1.) information about something that has happened recently ▪ I m not sure how he s going to react to the news. ▪ The good news is that tomorrow will be fine and sunny. ▪ You seem upset not … Dictionary of contemporary English
have — [hav; ] also, as before [ “] to [ haf] vt. had [had; ] unstressed [, həd, əd] having [ME haven (earlier habben) < OE habban, akin to OHG haben, ON hafa, Goth haban < IE base * kap , to grasp > Gr kaptein, to gulp down, L capere, to take … English World dictionary
news — noun (U) 1 information about something that has happened recently: That s great news! | Sit down and tell me all your news. (+ about/of): There hasn t been any news of him since he left home. (+ that): Our delegates returned with the news that… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
have — [ weak əv, həv, strong hæv ] (3rd person singular has [ weak əz, həz, strong hæz ] ; past tense and past participle had [ weak əd, həd, strong hæd ] ) verb *** Have can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
have — 1 strong, auxiliary verb past tense had, strong, third person singularpresent tense has; strong, negative short forms: haven t, hadn t, hasn t 1 used with the past participle of another verb to make the perfect tense of that verb: We have… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
have */*/*/ — strong UK [hæv] / US weak UK [əv] / US UK [həv] / US verb Word forms have : present tense I/you/we/they have he/she/it has strong UK [hæz] / US weak UK [əz] / US UK [həz] / US present participle having past tense had strong UK [hæd] / US weak UK… … English dictionary
have — have1 W1S1 [v, əv, həv strong hæv] auxiliary v past tense and past participle had [d, əd, həd strong hæd] third person singular has [z, əz, həz strong hæz] [: Old English; Origin: habban] 1.) used with past participles to form ↑perfect tenses ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
