"have time" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has time [present, singular, third-person], having time [participle, present], had time [participle, past], had time [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> time}} have time (third-person singular simple present has time, present participle having time, simple past and past participle had time)
  1. (intransitive) To be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-have_time-en-verb-E--6Dhox Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. To have enough time, e.g. for doing something. Translations (to have enough time to do something): өлгөрөү (ölgöröw) (Bashkir), tenir temps (Catalan), ᎤᏜᏅᏓᏕᎭ (udlanvdadeha) (Cherokee), ehtiä (Finnish), van ideje (Hungarian), ráér (Hungarian), joutaa (Ingrian), hinna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-have_time-en-verb-LHfsVITt Disambiguation of 'to have enough time to do something': 19 81

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to have enough time to do something",
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      "sense": "to have enough time to do something",
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      "sense": "to have enough time to do something",
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