| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |   n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or belonging to oneself or itself: She makes her own clothes. | | NOUN: | That which belongs to one: I wanted a room of my own. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: owned, own·ing, owns
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1a. To have or possess as property: owns a chain of restaurants. b. To have control over: For a time, enemy planes owned the skies. 2. To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To make a full confession or acknowledgment: When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up. See synonyms at acknowledge. | | IDIOM: | on (one's) own 1. By one's own efforts: She got the job on her own. 2. Responsible for oneself; independent of outside help or control: He is now out of college and on his own. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English owen, from Old English  gen. See aik- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | own er —NOUN
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