ownership
- noun
- /ˈoʊnərʃɪp/
- Jargon
- Taking ownership of your mistakes is a sign of maturity.
- take ownership
- sense of ownership
- ownership and accountability
If you can take ownership of your pain in that moment.
- If you can take ownership of your pain in that moment.
- You can't give anyone ownership of what is going to happen with you.
- What if we decided to take ownership of all of it?
- So it embedded the sense of early ownership, accountability.
- That's really what the struggle is, is that we haven't taken ownership of our own life.
- Yeah, they're not going to take ownership of the issue.
- Your job is to take ownership of your own breakup and you're moving on.
- And it's not complaining, it's owning, it's self ownership.
- And it's really inspiring when you take ownership.
- Yeah, there's also, I think a sense of ownership, right?
- The the key point is ownership is the goal, not CEO ship.
- How can I change this so it's taking ownership And that was really.
Examples
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In essence, children are taking ownership of the material that they consume.
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If they determine their own goals, they will become more accountable and take ownership of learning activities.
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Finally, it's about ownership of our knowledge.
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If you can take ownership of your pain in that moment.
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So what I have to learn to do is take ownership when it's wrong.
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Look for ways that the students can gain ownership of the place and space.
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How will you get others involved and make sure they have ownership in the process?
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When professionals gain control of programs, their ownership builds the commitment necessary for successful change.
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I believe a sense of ownership is vital in every aspect of life, perhaps never more so than when it comes to wardrobe.
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By sharing power, the leader creates a feeling of influence and ownership in organizational success.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
Being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to other people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A program that lets employees buy or get shares in their company to become part owners
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ownership also uses own ('to have') and -ship ('state' or 'quality'), like in friendship, and a helpful way to remember the second meaning is to think of making a task 'yours'. So when someone 'takes ownership' they make the job 'theirs' and accept responsibility for it.