Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A harbor or anchorage; a port.
- noun A place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary.
- transitive verb To put into or provide with a haven.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A harbor; a port; any place which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships, or in which ships can be sheltered by the land from wind and sea.
- noun Hence A shelter; an asylum; a place of safety.
- To shelter as in a haven.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To shelter, as in a haven.
- noun A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
- noun A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
harbour oranchorage protected from the sea. - noun by extension A place of
safety ; a refuge or sanctuary. - verb To put into, or provide with a haven.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- noun a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed),
Macworld Chris Holt 2010
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Some have their reservation over the term haven investments, as economically it is not an accurately sound terminology.
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed), Street Fighter IV is the latest entry in the iconic fighting series that first debuted in 1987.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Randy Nelson 2010
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed), Street Fighter IV is the latest entry in the iconic fighting series that first debuted in 1987.
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed), Street Fighter IV is the latest entry in the iconic fighting series that first debuted in 1987.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Randy Nelson 2010
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed), Street Fighter IV is the latest entry in the iconic fighting series that first debuted in 1987.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Randy Nelson 2010
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed), Street Fighter IV is the latest entry in the iconic fighting series that first debuted in 1987.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Randy Nelson 2010
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Due to hit the App Store in March (the price and release date of the title haven't been revealed), Street Fighter IV is the latest entry in the iconic fighting series that first debuted in 1987.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Randy Nelson 2010
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Manzanillo, their 3rd "haven" is probably an OK choice (I like it) but is not exactly what comes to mind when I think of 'haven'.
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