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- [ohn]
- /oʊn/
- /əʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ohn]
- /oʊn/
Definitions of own word
- adjective own of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money. 1
- adjective own (used as an intensifier to indicate oneself as the sole agent of some activity or action, preceded by a possessive): He insists on being his own doctor. 1
- verb with object own to have or hold as one's own; possess: They own several homes. 1
- verb with object own to acknowledge or admit: to own a fault. 1
- verb with object own to acknowledge as one's own; recognize as having full claim, authority, power, dominion, etc.: He owned his child before the entire assembly. They owned the king as their lord. 1
- verb with object own to totally defeat, gain control over, or dominate in a competition: I totally owned the last two levels of the game. He owned the season from beginning to end and took the world title. 1
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Origin of own
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (adj.) Middle English owen, Old English āgen (cognate with German eigen, Old Norse eigenn), orig. past participle of āgan to possess (see owe); (v.) Middle English ownen, Old English āgnian, āhnian, derivative of āgen
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Parts of speech for Own
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
own popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
own usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for own
verb own
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- blurt out — If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
adj own
- behind the scenes — happening or conducted out of view of the general public: The behind-the-scenes preparations made the convention a huge success.
- diacritic — a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
- dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
noun own
- individualization — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
adjective own
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
Antonyms for own
verb own
adjective own
- disown — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
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