Own

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1 English 1.1 Transitive verb 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Related Terms

English

Transitive verb

to own (owns, past tense and past participle owned)

1. To have rightful possession of property, goods or capital.

   I own this car.

2. To acknowledge responsibility for.

   I have to own this problem.

Translations

• Arabic: مَلَكَ
• Finnish: omistaa
• French: posséder
• German: besitzen
• Ido: proprietar
• Italian: possedere
• Portuguese: possuir
• Spanish: poseer

Adjective

own

1. (not comparable, used with posessive) Belonging to.

   That's Bob's own car there.

Related Terms

• on one's own
• owner
• pwned