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own

(ōn)

adj.

Of or belonging to oneself or itself: She makes her own clothes.

That which belongs to one: I wanted a room of my own.

v. owned, own·ing, owns

v.tr.

a. To have or possess as property: owns a chain of restaurants.

b. To have control over: For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.

2. To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge: "I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy, derelict, / and I own that I remain so yet" (Walt Whitman).

v.intr.

To make a full confession or acknowledgment: When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up to the crime. See Synonyms at acknowledge.

Idiom:

on (one's) own

1. By one's own efforts: She got the job on her own.

2. Responsible for oneself; independent of outside help or control: He is now out of college and on his own.

[Middle English owene, owne, from Old English āgen; see aik- in Indo-European roots.]

own′er n.

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Adj.

owned - having an owner; often used in combination; "state-owned railways"

ownerless, unowned - having no owner

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When the doubt that I had hushed asleep first laid its weary weight on her heart, the true face owned all, and said, in its own frank, simple language--I am sorry for him; I am sorry for myself.

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"Said he wished he owned half of the dog, the idiot," said a third.

If he owned one half of the general dog, it would be so; if he owned one end of the dog and another person owned the other end, it would be so, just the same; particularly in the first case, because if you kill one half of a general dog, there ain't any man that can tell whose half it was; but if he owned one end of the dog, maybe he could kill his end of it and--"

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general partnership could claim the indirect credit with respect to dividends received by the partnership from a 40-percent owned foreign corporation.

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Learning becomes more meaningful when the materials are relevant and owned by the learner (Goodman, 1986).