- 1[transitive] own something to have something that belongs to you, especially because you have bought it Do you own your house or do you rent it? I don't own anything of any value. Most of the apartments are privately owned. an American-owned company Does anyone own this coat? It was left in a classroom. Don't tell me what to do—you don't own me!
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] (old-fashioned) to admit that something is true own to something/to doing something He owned to a feeling of guilt. own (that)… She owned (that) she had been present. Idioms
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NAmE//oʊn//
(not used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they own he / she / it owns
past simple owned
to behave in a very confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do Phrasal Verbsown up
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