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haven

ha·ven
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hey-vuh n]
    • /ˈheɪ vən/
    • /ˈheɪ.vən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hey-vuh n]
    • /ˈheɪ vən/

Definitions of haven word

  • noun haven a harbor or port. 1
  • noun haven any place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum. 1
  • verb with object haven to shelter, as in a haven. 1
  • noun haven A place of safety or refuge. 1
  • countable noun haven A haven is a place where people or animals feel safe, secure, and happy. 0
  • noun haven a port, harbour, or other sheltered place for shipping 0

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Origin of haven

First appearance:

before 1050
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English; Old English hæfen; cognate with Dutch haven, German Hafen, Old Norse hǫfn; akin to Old English hæf, Old Norse haf sea

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Parts of speech for Haven

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

haven popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

haven usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for haven

noun haven

  • shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
  • sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
  • retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.

verb haven

  • watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
  • roofing — the act of covering with a roof.
  • shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.

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