own

🇺🇸 /əʊn/ 🇬🇧 /əʊn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP500Oxford3000CEFR-A2
adjective
A1

belonging to you or related to you

This is my own book.

A1

made or done by yourself

She baked her own cake.

verb
A2

to have something that is yours

I own my own house.

R

to be responsible for something

You must own your own mistakes.

R

to be the best at something

She owned her own performance.

R

to admit something is true

He owned his own fault.

translation

adj. belonging to you or related to you; made or done by yourself
v. to have something that is yours; to be responsible for something; to be the best at something; to admit something is true

Word Forms

3rd Present owns
Past owned
Perfect owned
Progressive owning