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to own

to own

1.0
Have something that is yours
  • verb
  • /oʊn/
translation icon : 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
364 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

51 3.7

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

35 5.8

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

To be important or good without help from someone else

to own the place
  • Informal
20 7.9

Act as if you control the place

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

12 4.2

Able to live and support yourself without help from others

Pay for something with your own money instead of getting money from someone else

To think for yourself and make your own decisions

To begin to use your skills and get recognition

7 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

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

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

Feeling calm and confident about who you are

5 7.0

Something I like a lot and agree with

To support yourself without help from other people

5 7.7

To be able to choose your own job or future because you are successful

Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker

To defeat someone by using their own methods

To feel comfortable and confident with who you are

3 7.1

To do something that makes you fail

To be sure about what you want and act on it

Much better than others in skill or quality

To be independent and take care of yourself without help

Done personally by the person who made or wrote it

Very easily frightened and nervous, often jumping at small noises

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

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

To stumble or fall because you are clumsy

Using your own effort without help from others

to eat their own
  • Literature
1 9.5

To turn against people in your own group

To talk proudly about your own abilities or achievements

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

Can act without supervision and decide what to do

To enjoy hearing yourself talk because you feel important

1 6.8

At a time you choose without being hurried by others

1 9.3

A situation that keeps a person trapped by their own choices

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

A person who is very famous and admired while still alive

Much better than other people at something

to own the road
  • Informal
1 8.6

Drive in a confident, aggressive way that ignores other drivers

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

To be ready to face problems and manage alone

According to what someone thinks is right

Serve a prison sentence without involving other people

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

God's own cousin
  • Offensive
9.9

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

9.9

A plan you make to hurt other people harms you

5.0

Do as well as others in a difficult situation

Phrasal Verbs

to own it
  • Informal
43 7.0

Admit a fault or a personal quality and act confidently

to own up
  • Informal
38 4.4

Admit that you did something wrong or made a mistake

To end your life on purpose

to own up to
  • Informal
33 4.2

To say you did something wrong or embarrassing

15 4.2

Act on your own without following what other people want

To be independent and not need help from others

Choose your own path in life

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

Compounds

19 7.0

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

15 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 tale
  • Archaic
9.9

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

Boy's Own
  • Archaic
9.9

Adventurous and exciting like old adventure stories for boys

How Much

to hoard
45 4.8
to have got
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.