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own
[ ohn ]
/ oÊn /
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adjective
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.
(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.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to confess (often followed by to, up, or up to): The one who did it had better own up. I own to being uncertain about that.
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Idioms about own
Origin of own
First recorded before 900; (adjective) Middle English owen,Old English Ägen (cognate with German eigen,Old Norse eigenn), originally the past participle of Ägan âto possessâ (see owe); (verb) Middle English ownen,Old English Ägnian, Ähnian, derivative of Ägen
synonym study for own
3. See have.
OTHER WORDS FROM own
non·own·ing, adjectiveun·owned, adjectiveWords nearby own
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British Dictionary definitions for own
own
/ (ÉÊn) /
determiner (preceded by a possessive)
verb
Word Origin for own
Old English Ägen, originally past participle of Ägan to have; related to Old Saxon Ägan, Old Norse eiginn. See owe
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