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NGSL Rank: 128
own
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Meanings
adjective
  • used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.
    E.g. they can't handle their own children
pronoun
  • something that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.
    E.g. your life is your own
verb
  • have (something) as one's own; possess.
    E.g. his father owns a restaurant
  • admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way.
    E.g. she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy
  • utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of.
    E.g. yeah right, she totally owned you, man

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