Own meaning in English
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Definition
to own: to have, to possess, to be the proprietor of
I own three cars.
(my) own (car): (my car) that belongs to me, that I am the owner of; (my) exclusive, individual, private (car)
Pronunciation examples
UK: Now that I'm thirty, my mum wants me to get my own home.
US: I owned a motorcycle when I was younger.
Examples
- "On the other hand he did find a Polish immigrant on the metro, who raised the boy as his own and taught him the art of perfume-making."
- "We have done our best to reduce the size of our own email accounts by deleting emails older than 90 days, as well as emails with large attachments or animal photos."
- "So, Mr Marron, do you own your own home?"
- "I see you manage your own share portfolio."
- "You oversee all sales - both wholesale and retail - and lead the sales department as well as working with your own key clients."
- "He'd like to see his own image on the bottle - alongside Delavigne of course - since he thinks this fragrance sums up his personality so well."
- "The thought of someone illegally entering our home and taking the possessions we have bought with our own hard-earned money is enough to anger anyone."
- "Mr. Wang : Yes gentlemen, unless we come to an arrangement right away, I will own enough stock in your companies to have a controlling interest by the market's close tomorrow night!"
- "We'll have our own meeting by the coffee machine."
- "These consumers are likely to own several fragrances at once."
- "Their hair balls are becoming a problem. I'm not sure if they're licking their own fur or your body hair."
- "Of course, it's fine that Sheik Jafar should like the scent - I don't see why not - but to market it with his own image on the bottle?"
- "-Stink, Bruno's dog, has his own key to the apartment."
- "Wang owns 51% of the shares, run by older brother Kwon)"
- "", these posters will be all the more powerful because they will be made by our own (multi-colored) hands."
- "As an emerging designer in 1950's France, Patrice took over the struggling fashion house of his mentor, Frederich Lundqvist, and restored it to respectability before launching his own fashion house with the financial backing of American investors."
- "On the other hand, he did find an accordionist on the metro, who raised the boy as his own and taught him the art of perfume-making."
- "Go buy your own delicious burrito."
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