own
[ ohn ]
/ oʊn /
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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 for own
Origin of own
First recorded before 900; (adjective) Middle English owen,Old English āgen (cognate with German eigen,Old Norse eigenn), originally the past participle of āgan “to possess” (see owe); (verb) Middle English ownen,Old English āgnian, āhnian, derivative of āgen
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3. See have.
OTHER WORDS FROM own
non·own·ing, adjectiveun·owned, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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own
/ (əʊn) /
determiner (preceded by a possessive)
verb
Word Origin for own
Old English āgen, originally past participle of āgan to have; related to Old Saxon ēgan, Old Norse eiginn. See owe
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