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own(verb)BrE / əʊn / NAmE / oʊn / - to have something that belongs to you, especially because you have bought it
- Do you own your house or do you rent it?
- I don't own anything of any value.
- Most of the apartments are privately owned.
- an American-owned company
- Does anyone own this coat? It was left in a classroom.
- Don’t tell me what to do—you don’t own me!
- to manage and take responsibility for something
- The successful candidate will be responsible for owning and achieving sales targets.
- to admit that something is true
- He owned to a feeling of guilt.
- She owned (that) she had been present.
- to be completely successful, especially in a competition; to completely defeat an opponent or rival
- She owned the stage, performing a medley of hit songs.
- He didn't just finish the course, he completely owned it.
- Yeah right, she totally owned you, man!
- to behave in a very confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do
Extra Examples- He committed the crime with a gun that he legally owned.
- Only when the means of production were communally owned would classes disappear.
- She owns the house jointly with her husband.
- The car was once owned by Elvis Presley.
- The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNL Research.
- The museum is privately owned.
- They dreamed of owning their own home.
- Don’t tell me what to do—you don’t own me!
- I don’t own anything of any value.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they own
- he / she / it owns
- past simple owned
- past participle owned
- past simple owning
- past participle owning
Word Origin- Old English āgen (adjective and pronoun) ‘owned, possessed’, past participle of āgan ‘owe’; the verb (Old English āgnian ‘possess’, also ‘make own's own’) was originally from the adjective, later probably reintroduced from owner.
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