"what've" meaning in English

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Contraction

Head templates: {{head|en|contractions}} what've
  1. (colloquial) what have. Tags: colloquial, contraction
    Sense id: en-what've-en-contraction-iAU-EOsn

Download JSON data for what've meaning in English (0.5kB)

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