ha

1 of 3

interjection

variants or
used especially to express surprise, joy, or triumph

ha

2 of 3

abbreviation (1)

hectare

HA

3 of 3

abbreviation (2)

1
hemagglutinin
Different circulating influenza A viruses are identified by referring to two signature proteins on their surfaces. One is hemagglutinin (HA), which has at least 15 known variants, or subtypes.Jeffery K. Taubenberger et al.
2
hour angle

Examples of ha in a Sentence

Interjection ha! I was right all along!
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Interjection
Su trabajo ha sido reconocido con premios de Florida Society of News Editors y Society for Profesional Journalists. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 When did everything—everything—become ha ha ha? Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 The primary suite ha a fireplace and private balcony. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2025 The cast also includes Kim Seol-hyun (Summer Strike), Um Tae-goo (My Sweet Mobster), Kim Min-ha (Pachinko), Lee Jung-eun (The Trunk), Bae Sung-woo (The 8 Show), Kim Sun-hwa (Midnight Romance in Hagwon), Shin Eun-soo (Twinkling Watermelon) and Park Hyuk-won (Uncle Samsik). Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ha

Word History

Etymology

Interjection

Middle English, from Old English

First Known Use

Interjection

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ha was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Ha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ha. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

ha

interjection
variants or hah
ˈhä
used to express surprise, joy, or victory

Medical Definition

HA

abbreviation
hemagglutinin
Seasonal strains … evade our immune systems after vaccination or previous infection by constantly changing the structure of their hemagglutinin (HA) surface protein.Charles J. Russell, The New England Journal of Medicine

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