own

/ˈəʊn//ˈoʊn/

adjective

  1. 1

    Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

  2. 2

    Not shared

    When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.
  3. 3

    Peculiar, domestic.

  4. 4

    Not foreign.

verb

  1. 1

    To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.

    I own this car.
  2. 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. 3

    To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.

    I will own my enemies.
  4. 4

    To virtually or figuratively enslave.

  5. 5

    To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.

  6. 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. 1

    To grant; give.

  2. 2

    To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.

  3. 3

    To admit; concede; acknowledge.

  4. 4

    To take responsibility for.

  5. 5

    To answer to.

  6. 6

    To recognise; acknowledge.

    to own one as a son
  7. 7

    To claim as one's own.

  8. 8

    To confess.

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