OWN
\ˈə͡ʊn], \ˈəʊn], \ˈəʊ_n]\
Definitions of OWN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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"
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have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
By Princeton University
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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"
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have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To grant: concede: acknowledge.
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To possess: to have a rightful title to.
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Possessed: belonging to: peculiar.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To have the rightful title to; possess.
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To admit; acknowledge; confess; avow; recognize.
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Belonging to oneself; individual; real; intimately related.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Belonging to, or that belongs to; peculiar; possessed; used after the poss. pronouns, my, thy, his, her, our, your, their, to render them emphatic, as our own.
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To hold or possess by right; to avow; to confess.
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See under owe.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.