own
verb/əʊn/
/əʊn/
not used in the progressive tensesVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they own | /əʊn/ /əʊn/ |
| he / she / it owns | /əʊnz/ /əʊnz/ |
| past simple owned | /əʊnd/ /əʊnd/ |
| past participle owned | /əʊnd/ /əʊnd/ |
| -ing form owning | /ˈəʊnɪŋ/ /ˈəʊnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] own something to have something that belongs to you, especially because you have bought it
- Do you own your house or do you rent it?
- I don't own anything of any value.
- Most of the apartments are privately owned.
- an American-owned company
- Does anyone own this coat? It was left in a classroom.
- Don’t tell me what to do—you don’t own me!
- His father was a farmer who owned land and property.
- He owns and operates an eco-tourism company.
- Hospitals became publicly owned companies.
Extra Examples- They dreamed of owning their own home.
- The car was once owned by Elvis Presley.
- He committed the crime with a gun that he legally owned.
- The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNL Research.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- independently
- formerly
- once
- …
- directly owned by somebody
- indirectly owned by somebody
- own your own boat, home, etc.
- …
- [transitive] own something (business) to manage and take responsibility for something
- The successful candidate will be responsible for owning and achieving sales targets.
- [transitive] (especially US English, informal) to be completely successful, especially in a competition; to completely defeat somebody
- own something She owned the stage, performing a medley of hit songs.
- He didn't just finish the course, he completely owned it.
- own somebody Yeah right, she totally owned you, man!
- [intransitive, transitive] (old-fashioned) to admit that something is true
- own to something/to doing something He owned to a feeling of guilt.
- own (that)… She owned (that) she had been present.
Word OriginOld 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, later probably reintroduced from owner.
Idioms
See own in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee own in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbehave/act as if you own the place | think you own the place
- (disapproving) to behave in a very confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do
- She was acting as if she owned the place.
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