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Owns
/əʊnz/
To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
📖 Definitions of "Owns"
- 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.
- 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.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Owns"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| personalnoun | Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals |
| haveverb | (transitive) To possess, own. |
| possessverb | (transitive) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. |
| ainnoun | A river in the Jura and Ain departments, in eastern France, flowing from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River. |
| behoovesverb | (transitive, chiefly US) To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove. |
| belongverb | (intransitive) To have its proper place. |
| belongingnoun | (uncountable) The feeling that one belongs. |
| belongsverb | (intransitive) To have its proper place. |
| boastsverb | (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself. |
| bossverb | (transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly. |
| brings | a band from Germany which perform most songs in the local dialect of Cologne, Kölsch. |
| carriesverb | (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| derivesverb | (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. |
| detainsverb | (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. |
| directsverb | To manage, control, steer. |
| enjoysverb | (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something. |
| exhibitsverb | (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. |
| has | a region in north eastern Albania and south western Kosovo. |
| holdsverb | (transitive) To grasp or grip. |
| leadsverb | (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead. |
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