own
adjective
[ əʊn ]
• used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.
• "they can't handle their own children"
own
pronoun
• something that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.
• "your life is your own"
own
verb
• have (something) as one's own; possess.
• "his father owns a restaurant"
Similar:
be the owner of,
possess,
be the (proud) possessor of,
have in one's possession,
have to one's name,
count among one's possessions,
have,
keep,
retain,
maintain,
hold,
be blessed with,
enjoy,
boast,
• admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way.
• "she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy"
Similar:
admit,
allow,
concede,
grant,
accept,
accede,
acknowledge,
recognize,
agree,
confess,
• utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of.
• "yeah right, she totally owned you, man"
Origin:
Old 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.
of one's own
• belonging to oneself alone.
• "at last I've got a place of my own"
