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== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əʊn/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ɑːn/ (sometimes) IPA(key): /aʊn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊn/ (General American) enPR: ōn, IPA(key): /oʊn/ (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /uŋ/ Rhymes: -əʊn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English owen, aȝen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to have, possess”). Also cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “able to do, capable of; owner, master”). ==== Alternative forms ==== owne (obsolete) 'n (informal contraction) ==== Adjective ==== own (not comparable) Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence. Not shared. (obsolete) Peculiar, domestic. (obsolete) Not foreign. ===== Usage notes ===== Often used for implication of ownership, often with emphasis. In modern usage, it always follows a possessive determiner, or a noun in the possessive case. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A back-formation from owner, owning and own (adjective). Compare Old English āgnian, Dutch eigenen, German eignen, Swedish ägna. ==== Verb ==== own (third-person singular simple present owns, present participle owning, simple past and past participle owned) (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset. (transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. (transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. (transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave. (online gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above. Synonym: pwn (transitive, computing, slang) To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system. Synonyms: pwn, 0wn (intransitive, slang) To be very good. (intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny. (transitive) To admit; concede; acknowledge. (transitive) To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of. (transitive) To take responsibility for. (transitive) To recognise; acknowledge. (transitive) To claim as one's own. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To confess. ===== Synonyms ===== (have rightful possession of): to possess, acquire, have to one's name, property of, titled to (defeat): beat, defeat, overcome, overthrow, vanquish, have, take, best ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “admit”): disown ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== own (plural owns) (Internet slang) A crushing insult. ===== Derived terms ===== self-own === References === Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDEL], volume 3, 1896, page 3429: “To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to.” ibid., UDEL, 1896 ibid., UDEL, 1896 ibid., UDEL, 1896 === Anagrams === NOW, NWO, now, won == Cornish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Brythonic *oβn, from Proto-Celtic *oβnus. Cognate with Welsh ofn. ==== Noun ==== own m (uncountable) fear, -phobia alarm fright, scare ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== own Revived Late Cornish form of ewn (“accurate”) == Gullah == === Alternative forms === -own, 'own === Etymology === From English own. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oːn/ === Particle === own (affix pronoun) (as a suffix) forms possessive pronouns also see: me-own ("mine") (as a suffix) forms emphatic possessive determiners === Verb === own To own === References === Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997) Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969) David B. Frank. Gullah Grammar Sketch == Portuguese == === Interjection === own aw (used to express affection) == Yola == === Pronoun === own alternative form of oan === Adjective === own alternative form of oan === References ===