What does have been to mean?

Has / have been to refers to a place which someone has visited at some time in their life. In other words, has been to refers to an experience that involves travel. The form has / have been to always indicates that the person has returned or is no longer there. Here are some examples: He's been to London many times.
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What does have been meaning mean?

—used to say that one has experienced the same thing that someone else has experienced.
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What is the meaning of has been and have been?

“Have been” and “has been” are used in the present perfect continuous form of sentences. For example, She has been going to school and They have been going to school. Present Perfect Continuous. The present perfect continuous form is used to denote that something which had begun in the past is still continued.
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Have been been meaning?

“Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.
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When to use have been and has been?

We would use have been when the sentence subject is I, you, we, or the third person plural (the children have been studying grammar all morning; they have been studying all morning). If the sentence subject is a third-person singular noun (he, she, it, Courtney), we would use the phrase has been.
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What is a sentence with have been?

Following are examples of sentences using have been:
  • I have been waiting for you.
  • They have been working on a project for 4 years.
  • I have been reading this book, it's amazing.
  • We have been doing this since 2003.
  • I have been going to gym everyday.
  • We have been waiting since long.
  • We all have been enjoying over week end.
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Why have been is used?

"Has been" and "have been" are both in the present perfect tense. "Has been" is used in the third-person singular and "have been" is used for first- and second-person singular and all plural uses. The present perfect tense refers to an action that began at some time in the past and is still in progress.
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What tense is I have been?

Reminder: have been is the present perfect tense of to be, and have gone is the present perfect tense of to go. However, in some contexts, the meanings can be different. I have been refers to a completed journey (or journeys) in the past. I have gone can refer to a journey from which the speaker has not yet returned.
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Have been done meaning?

“Have been done” is in the passive voice; whatever happened was done to the subject, not by the subject. It is also a past perfect tense, not a present perfect tense. So it's the past perfect tense in the passive voice.
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Have been working Meaning?

The sentence ”I have been working “ means that you have started working some time in the past and still continue to work at the present moment .
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Have been completed meaning?

On the other hand, has been completed is in a present perfect form. Meaning, it has started in the past and was just finished or completed in the time of speaking.
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Is it there has been or have been?

The phrases “there have been” and “there has been” are correct. The difference is in verb conjugation to show numerical agreement. This means “there have been” suggests plural whereas “there has been” indicates the singular. These phrases are the same: it references a past circumstance that continues into the present.
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What is the difference between have been to and have been in?

'Been to' is used to talk about a trip or journey. "I have been to London twice." In past simple it's very clear. "I came to London last week." This states that you travelled there (and are still there, different lesson.) 'Been in' is used when talking about the stay, most typically with duration.
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How do I use I've been?

We use the present perfect continuous to talk about repeated activities which started at a particular time in the past and are still continuing up until now: I've been going to Spain on holiday every year since 1987. I haven't been eating much lunch lately. I've been going to the gym at lunchtimes.
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Have been used meaning?

"It has been used" means that at some time in the past, somone has used it.
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Has been or have been examples?

Examples: ☛A total of five cars have been stolen from the city center. ☛Birds have been following me all day long. If the subject of the sentence is He – She – It or a singular noun (car, bird, child) we use 'has been'.
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Have been Vs are?

The auxiliary verb 'are' is used as the plural form of the auxiliary verb 'is', and it is used in the present continuous tense. On the other hand, the form 'have been' is used as the preset perfect continuous form of any given verb. This is the main difference between the two words.
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What is the short form of have been?

Meaning of I've in English

short form of I have: I've been waiting an hour already.
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Have been completed or are completed?

are refers to the current state, but completed is past tense. I won't say people don't write it this way, but it would be better to write: The requested modifications are complete. As a simple statement of fact this is fine.
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Would have been Vs could have been?

Would have been means that the event was definitely possible. Could have been means that the event was possible if an attempt was made. The attempt could be a success or a failure.
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Has been meaning Urban?

has-been. noun. informal a person or thing that is no longer popular, successful, effective, etc. Slang. Emoji.
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Have been a lot or has been?

If the noun is plural, the verb of the impersonal expression (there is, here, in the present perfect form: there have been) has to be plural also. Now, let's substitute a lot of for many. There have been a lot of advertisements. The correct form here is plural.
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Has been doing Meaning?

"has been doing" means something was being done in the past and is continuing to be done. ( present perfect tense) "had been doing" means something was done and finished in the past. ( past tense)
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