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to own

to own

∞ 1.0
Have something that is yours
  • verb
  • /oʊn/
: poseer
  • He asks the question, who owns most of the world's capital?
  • own property
  • own a home
  • own land

And so yes, people do want to own these NFTS.

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Examples

  • And it's weird to own lots of wild animals.

  • Ten years later I own a billion dollar business.

  • Us, you and me, We own the land, OK.

  • Because in the end, we should own our own mind.

  • I think I own all of her books.

  • Do you own your own place?

  • This man owns 60 cows.

  • Norway has effectively pursued this strategy and now owns the world's largest SWF.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Ultimately, the agency awarded the contract to Exelis, a wholly owned Danish subsidiary of a U.S. company.

    Academic text (2017)
  • She hopes to own her own business one day.

Synonyms

to have
vsto own
∞ 1.0

To own something or include a quality

limits meaning to legal control and formal rights rather than broad uses
to possess
vsto own
349 2.5

To have something like a skill or an object

focuses on legal control and formal rights rather than general holding

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Not be able to find something you once had

Idioms

59 5.8

Tell someone not to ask about or get involved in other people's lives

A person who causes problems for themselves that stop them from doing well

to own the place
  • Informal
15 7.9

Act as if you control the place

To be important or good without help from someone else

Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker

6 7.0

Something I like a lot and agree with

to eat their own
  • Literature
6 9.5

To turn against people in your own group

To defeat someone by using their own methods

Can act without supervision and decide what to do

to own the road
  • Informal
1 8.6

Drive in a confident, aggressive way that ignores other drivers

1 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

up your own ass
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who thinks they are better than other people

To perform confidently on stage and keep the audience's attention

Much better than other people at something

1 7.4

Helps in a small, quiet, personal way

To feel comfortable and confident with who you are

Feeling calm and confident about who you are

To be sure about what you want and act on it

To show its history without using words

Having value or status on its own, not because of someone else

1 9.3

A situation that keeps a person trapped by their own choices

Treat someone in the same bad way they treated you

Stay out of other people's private matters and focus on your own

To enjoy hearing yourself talk because you feel important

1 5.0

Do as well as others in a difficult situation

To make your own decisions without other people telling you what to do

1 9.9

A plan you make to hurt other people harms you

Done personally by the person who made or wrote it

To begin to use your skills and get recognition

1 6.8

At a time you choose without being hurried by others

up her own ass
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is very proud and only thinks about themselves

To talk proudly about your own abilities or achievements

To be ready to face problems and manage alone

According to what someone thinks is right

7.1

To do something that makes you fail

Serve a prison sentence without involving other people

Use a company's own products to show they work and learn from them

Very easily frightened and nervous, often jumping at small noises

Very likely to arrive after the expected time because they are often not on time

Alone without help or someone watching, a person must take care of themselves

A person who is very famous and admired while still alive

A person who thinks they are very important but only a few people know them

To enjoy hearing yourself speak while not listening to others

Do something that causes trouble for yourself later

A difficult situation you cause by your own choices or actions

To become larger and hard to control as it spreads beyond where it started

To feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice

God's own cousin
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who behaves as if they are better than everyone else

To think for yourself and make your own decisions

Much better than others in skill or quality

To do something without being asked or helped

4.2

Able to live and support yourself without help from others

Phrasal Verbs

to own it
  • Informal
62 7.0

Admit a fault or a personal quality and act confidently

to own up
  • Informal
39 4.4

Admit that you did something wrong or made a mistake

to own up to
  • Informal
32 4.2

To say you did something wrong or embarrassing

To be independent and not need help from others

To betray or harm members of the same group, often during internal fighting

To end your life on purpose

Choose your own path in life

1 4.2

Act on your own without following what other people want

Compounds

46 7.0

Being so focused on private thoughts or feelings that you do not notice people nearby

23 4.9

The activity a person is very good at

1 3.7

Accidentally put the ball into your own team's net, giving the other team a point

Boy's Own
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Adventurous and exciting like old adventure stories for boys

Boy's Own tale
  • Archaic
9.9

An exciting old-fashioned adventure story with brave heroes and daring acts

How Much

to hoard
38 4.8
to have got
948 1.0
to own
∞ 1.0
lack
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

own infinitive
owned past
owned past participle
owning present participle
owns third person singular

Etymology

The verb own comes from an old word meaning 'to have' and shares the same root as owner. So to own something today is to have legal possession or control of it.