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Own

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Verb

1. have, own, possess

have ownership or possession of

Example Sentences:
'He owns three houses in Florida'
'How many cars does she have?'

Adjective

2. ain, own

belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

Example Sentences:
'for your own use'
'do your own thing'
'she makes her own clothes'
'ain' is Scottish'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Own

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determiner (preceded by a possessive)
1. 
a. 
(intensifier)
John's own idea
your own mother
b. 
(as pronoun)
I'll use my own
2. 
on behalf of oneself or in relation to oneself
he is his own worst enemy
3.  come into one's own
4.  get one's own back
5.  hold one's own
6.  on one's own
verb
7. (transitive)
to have as one's possession
8. (when intr, often foll by up, to, or up to)
to confess or admit; acknowledge
9. (tr; takes a clause as object) rare
to concede
I own that you are right
10. slang, mainly US
a. 
to defeat totally, esp in a video game, contest, or sport
Dude, I just totally owned you!
b. 
to give a definitive performance (a song, acting role, etc), esp one that dissuades others from attempting to perform
She owns that song!

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Own

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adjective
1. 
belonging, relating, or peculiar to oneself or itself
used to strengthen a preceding possessive
his own book, her own idea
2.  Rare
related by blood rather than by marriage
noun, pronoun
3. 
that which belongs to oneself
the car is his own; I have reasons of my own
verb transitive
4. 
to possess; hold as personal property; have
5. 
to admit; recognize; acknowledge
verb intransitive
6. 
to confess (to)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Own

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adj.
Of or belonging to oneself or itself: She makes her own clothes.
n.
That which belongs to one: I wanted a room of my own.
v. owned, own·ing, owns
v.tr.
1.
a. To have or possess as property: owns a chain of restaurants.
b. To have control over: For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.
2. To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge: "I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy, derelict, / and I own that I remain so yet" (Walt Whitman).
v.intr.
To make a full confession or acknowledgment: When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up to the crime. See Synonyms at acknowledge.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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