Definition of own Own
/owˈn/ - [own] - own
We found 28 definitions of own from 7 different sources.
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What does own mean?
WordNet
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| own - have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" | ||
| have, possess | ||
| prepossess make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance" | ||
| feature, have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
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| own - belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" | ||
| ain | ||
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Wiktionary 
- own (Verb)
To have rightful possession of property, goods or capital; "To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to. ". - own (Verb)
To claim as one's own; to answer to. - own (Verb)
To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. - own (Verb)
To virtually or figuratively enslave. - own (Verb)
To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn. - own (Verb)
To illicitly obtain "super-user" or "root" access into a computer system thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn. - own (Verb)
To admit to be true; concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny; to admit to be true. - own (Verb)
To acknowledge or admit the possession or ownership of. - own (Verb)
To grant; give. - own (Verb)
To admit; concede; acknowledge. - own (Verb)
To recognise; acknowledge. - own (Verb)
To confess. - own (Adjective)
Belonging to; possessed; proper to. - own (Adjective)
Peculiar, domestic. - own (Adjective)
Not foreign.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- own (v. t.)
To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love. - own (a.)
Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price. - own (a.)
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To have rightful possession of property, goods or capital. -
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To be in possession (of an object). -
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Belonging to.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ōn, v.t. to grant: to allow to be true: concede: acknowledge. [A.S. unnan, to grant; Ger. gönnen, to grant.] -
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ōn, v.t. to possess: to be the rightful owner of. [A.S. ágnian, with addition of casual suffix—ágen, one's own; cf. Own (adj.).] -
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ōn, adj. possessed: belonging to one's self and to no other: peculiar.—ns. Own′er, one who owns or possesses; Own′ership, state of being an owner: right of possession. [A.S. ágen, pa.p. of ágan, to possess. Cf. Owe.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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To be a proprietor in a ship.
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🔤- own, verb, present, 1st person singular of own (infinitive).
- own, verb (infinitive).
- own, adjective, not comparable.
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