Adjective: own own- Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
"for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; - ain [UK, dialect] Verb: own own- Have ownership or possession of
"He owns three houses in Florida"; - have, possess - Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
"the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"; - make a clean breast of, own up, fess up [informal], cop [N. Amer, informal], cop to [N. Amer, informal], come clean [informal], fess [informal] Pronoun: own own- That belonging to a specified person
"she would like a car of her own"
Derived forms: owned, owning, owns See also: personal Type of: concede, confess, profess Encyclopedia: Own |