Own Definition

ōn
owned, owns
adjective
Belonging, relating, or peculiar to oneself or itself.
His own book, her own idea.
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Related by blood rather than by marriage.
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noun
That which belongs to oneself.
The car is his own; I have reasons of my own.
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verb
owned, owns
To confess (to)
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To possess; hold as personal property; have.
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To have control over.
For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.
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To admit; recognize; acknowledge.
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To make a full confession or acknowledgment.
When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up to the crime.
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idiom
on (one's) own
  • By one's own efforts:

    She got the job on her own.

  • Responsible for oneself; independent of outside help or control:

    He is now out of college and on his own.

American Heritage
come into one's own
  • to receive what properly belongs to one, esp. acclaim or recognition
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get one's own back
  • to get or take revenge; get even
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of one's own
  • belonging strictly to oneself
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on one's own
  • by one's own efforts or on one's own initiative
  • independent of help from others
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Own

Origin of Own

  • From Middle English unnen (“to favour, grant"), from Old English unnan (“to grant, allow, recognise, confess"), from Proto-Germanic *unnanÄ… (“to grant, thank"), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice"). Akin to German gönnen (from Old High German gi- + unnan), Old Norse unna (Danish unde). In Gothic only the substantive 𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts) is attested.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English owen, aȝen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar"), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own"), from Proto-Indo-European *eiḱ- (“to have, possess"). Cognate with Scots ain (“own"), Dutch eigen (“own"), German eigen (“own"), Swedish egen (“own"), Icelandic eigin (“own").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English ownen, from Old English āgnian (“to own"). Cognate with German eignen, Swedish ägna, Icelandic eiga. See also the related term owe.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English owen from Old English āgen aik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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