English dictionary: words starting with own
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adjectiveUsed with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
They can't handle their own children
pronounSomething that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
Your life is your own
verbHave (something) as one's own; possess.
Usage examples:
His father owns a restaurant
collocationAdmit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
phrasal verbAdmit to having done something wrong or embarrassing.
Usage examples:
If whoever did it owns up i promise i won't punish them
phrasal verbTo tell the truth or to admit that you are responsible for something
Usage examples:
A young nurse looked at the two men and waited for one of them to own up.
adjectiveUsed to describe a product that has the name of the store where you buy it, rather than a name used by the company that made it
Usage examples:
Own-brand products/goods the gradual evolution of quality own-brand products from europe's big stor…
adjectiveUsed to describe a product that has the name of the store where you buy it, rather than a name used by the company that made it
Usage examples:
Invergordon supplies the supermarket chains with own-label brands of whisky., own labels are genera…
adjectiveAble to be owned.
verbHave (something) as one's own; possess.
Usage examples:
His father owns a restaurant
adjectiveUsed with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
They can't handle their own children
pronounSomething that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
Your life is your own
suffixBelonging to or controlled by a particular group, organization, etc.
Usage examples:
A family-owned business, the us-owned company operates more than 2,000 petrol stations in the uk.
nounA person who owns something.
Usage examples:
The proud owner of a huge dalmatian
nounSomeone who has bought a house or apartment and lives in it
Usage examples:
Buyers for the properties include both rental investors and private owner-occupiers.
nounA person who owns something.
Usage examples:
The proud owner of a huge dalmatian
nounThe act, state, or right of possessing something.
Usage examples:
The ownership of land
nounA legal process that makes someone the official new owner of a property, business, or vehicle
Usage examples:
A change of ownership notice was posted on the restaurant's door.
nounThe act, state, or right of possessing something.
Usage examples:
The ownership of land
nounThe condition of considering oneself, one's will, etc., as one's own or at one's own disposal.
verbHave (something) as one's own; possess.
Usage examples:
His father owns a restaurant
adjectiveUsed with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
They can't handle their own children
pronounSomething that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
Your life is your own
phrasal verbTo tell the truth or to admit that you are responsible for something
Usage examples:
A young nurse looked at the two men and waited for one of them to own up.
nounThe fact or quality of being one's own or peculiar to oneself.
verbHave (something) as one's own; possess.
Usage examples:
His father owns a restaurant
adjectiveUsed with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
They can't handle their own children
pronounSomething that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.
Usage examples:
Your life is your own
pronounWith preceding possessive adjective (in early use also with pronoun in the objective case), forming a phrase equivalent to a pronoun ending in -self or -selves.
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