EGAVE

own

About 396.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
  2. adjective Not shared.
    When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.
  3. adjective Peculiar, domestic.
  4. adjective Not foreign.
  5. verb To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
    I own this car.
  6. verb To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
    The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon.
  7. verb To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
    I will own my enemies.
  8. verb To virtually or figuratively enslave.

Similar words

personal have possess ain same equal subjective characteristic self-same typical

Often followed by

way life country and right hands words experience personal

Word family

all its own call her own call his own call my own call one's own call our own call their own call your own like he owns the place owned

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