own

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verb

ADVERB

▪ independently

▪ formerly, once, originally, previously

▪

The car was once owned by Elvis Presley.

▪ legally

▪

He committed the crime with a gun that he legally owned.

▪ communally, jointly

▪

Only when the means of production were communally owned would classes disappear.

▪

She owns the house jointly with her husband.

PHRASES

▪ directly owned by sb, indirectly owned by sb

▪ own your own boat, home, etc.

▪

They dreamed of owning their own home.

▪ partly owned by sb, wholly owned by sb

▪

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNL Research.

▪ privately owned, publicly owned

▪

The museum is privately owned.

Own is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ministry, ↑trust

Own is used with these nouns as the object: ↑asset, ↑bar, ↑business, ↑cafe, ↑car, ↑cat, ↑collection, ↑company, ↑copy, ↑copyright, ↑cottage, ↑dog, ↑estate, ↑factory, ↑farm, ↑firearm, ↑firm, ↑flat, ↑franchise, ↑garage, ↑home, ↑horse, ↑hotel, ↑house, ↑inn, ↑land, ↑mansion, ↑mill, ↑newspaper, ↑nightclub, ↑pet, ↑plantation, ↑premises, ↑property, ↑restaurant, ↑right, ↑share, ↑shop, ↑site, ↑slave, ↑stake, ↑stock, ↑subsidiary, ↑track, ↑vehicle, ↑villa

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adj.

Own is used with these nouns: ↑affair, ↑brand, ↑copy, ↑country, ↑destiny, ↑goal, ↑home, ↑inclination, ↑interest, ↑observation, ↑psychology, ↑self, ↑shortcoming, ↑show, ↑slant, ↑way, ↑work, ↑world