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own

/oʊn/verb, adjective1 syllable

Own means: have ownership or possession of.

Synonyms for own5

verb, as in have ownership or possession of

adjective, as in belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

What does own mean?2

verb

1

have ownership or possession of“He owns three houses in Florida”

adjective

1

belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive“for your own use”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with own?35

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Own in a sentence

  • All right, do it your own way, but don't blame me if you fail.CK
  • Come what may, you should go your own way.AlanF_US
  • I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.Dejo
  • Even if you have your own way, you will not always be successful.CM
  • That's a job of your own choosing, isn't it?CM
  • Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.CM
  • Having fed the dog, he sat down to his own dinner.sundown
  • We didn't help him, so he did it off his own bat.NoahAB

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Forms of own

as a verb

past tense
owned
present participle
owning
third-person singular
owns