Own - English meaning
Own – definitions in English dictionary
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 restaurantverbAdmit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way.
Usage examples:
She owned to a feeling of profound jealousyverbUtterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of.
Usage examples:
Yeah right, she totally owned you, man
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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, l
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