own
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).
owned
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past participleof own.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof own.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ownadjectiveof, 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).
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson for Kingswood Homes said Winstanley Hall and the surrounding estate had always been privately owned and had never historically been open to the public, but they understood local interest in it.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the space of a few hours, the family had lost almost everything they owned.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The suit says Altus, owned by private-equity firm TPG, leased the building’s roof from Lineage to own and operate a solar-panel array, and that Altus hired Pearce to conduct maintenance on the panels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The International Monetary Fund, meanwhile, has warned about the opaque nature of insurance companies that are partly or fully owned by private-equity firms.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
By January 2007, in their tiny $30 million fund, they owned $110 million in credit default swaps on the double-A tranche of asset-backed CDOs.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
