Sekirov Dictionary

own

UK /əʊn/US /oʊn/

adjective4

  1. showing that something is related to a particular person and no one else, for example by belonging to them, used after "my", "her" and similar words
  2. Not shared.
  3. (no longer used) Peculiar, domestic.
  4. (no longer used) Not foreign.

verb14

  1. To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
  2. To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
  3. (informal) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
  4. (Internet, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above.
  5. To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.
  6. To admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny.
  7. To acknowledge.
  8. (dialect, UK) To confess.
  9. (slang) To illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).
  10. To take responsibility for.
  11. (slang) To be very good.
  12. To recognise.
  13. To claim as one's own.
  14. To virtually or figuratively enslave.

noun1

  1. (Internet) A crushing insult.
forms

owned · owning · owneth · owns · ownest

Phrases with own

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