own
adjective
- 1
Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- 2
Not shared
“When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.”
- 3
Peculiar, domestic.
- 4
Not foreign.
verb
- 1
To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
“I own this car.”
- 2
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.”
- 3
To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
“I will own my enemies.”
- 4
To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- 5
To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
- 6
To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
verb
- 1
To grant; give.
- 2
To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
- 3
To admit; concede; acknowledge.
- 4
To take responsibility for.
- 5
To answer to.
- 6
To recognise; acknowledge.
“to own one as a son”
- 7
To claim as one's own.
- 8
To confess.
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