Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - own
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~1 determiner, pronoun 1 belonging to you and no one else (your own house/car etc) (He was so drunk he even forgot his own name. | He tells people how to bring up their children but is so lenient with his own. | a house/car etc of your own) (He left the company to start a business of his own. | your very own (=used to add emphasis)) (When you grow up you can have your very own room.) 2 done or caused without the help or influence of someone else (Why buy clothes when you can make your own more cheaply? | You've got to learn to make your own decisions. | It's your own fault for leaving the window open.) 3 get your own back (on sb) informal to get revenge1 (1) for something someone has done to you (All I wanted was to get my own back on my stepfather for punishing me.) 4 (all) on your own a) alone (I've been living on my own for four years now.) b) without anyone's help (I made this wardrobe all on my own.) 5 be your own man/woman to have your opinions and not be influenced by others (- see also come into your own come1, hold your own hold1 (39)) ( USAGE NOTE: OWN GRAMMAR You use own only after possessive words like my, John's, the company's, etc He has his own room/a room of his own. Own can be made stronger by adding very He has his very own room/a room of his very own. ) ~2 v 1 to have something when it is legally yours, especially because you have bought it, been given it etc (Who owns that beautiful house? | Mr Silver owned a large printing firm.) 2 behave as if you own the place also act like you own the place informal to behave in a way that is too confident and upsets other people (She's only been here five minutes and she's already acting like she owns the place!) 3 old-fashioned to admit that something is true (own (that)) (I own that I judged her harshly at first.) (I must own to a feeling of anxiety.) own up phr v to admit that you have done something wrong, especially something that is not serious (Unless the guilty person owns up, the whole class will be punished. | own up to sth/to doing sth) (No one owned up to breaking the window.)
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(owns, owning, owned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use own to indicate that something belongs to a particular person or thing. My wife decided I should have my own shop... He could no longer trust his own judgement... His office had its own private entrance. ADJ: poss ADJ • Own is also a pronoun. He saw the Major’s face a few inches from his own. PRON: poss PRON 2. You use own to indicate that something is used by, or is characteristic of, only one person, thing, or group. Jennifer insisted on her own room... I let her tell me about it in her own way... Each nation has its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business. ADJ: poss ADJ • Own is also a pronoun. This young lady has a sense of style that is very much her own. PRON: poss PRON 3. You use own to indicate that someone does something without any help from other people. They enjoy making their own decisions... He’ll have to make his own arrangements. ADJ: poss ADJ • Own is also a pronoun. There’s no career structure, you have to create your own. PRON: poss PRON 4. If you own something, it is your property. His father owns a local pub... VERB: V n 5. If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else. I would like a place I could call my own. PHRASE 6. If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right. The goalkeeper came into his own with a series of brilliant saves... PHRASE: V inflects 7. If you get your own back on someone, you have your revenge on them because of something bad that they have done to you. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) Renshaw reveals 20 bizarre ways in which women have got their own back on former loved ones. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR on n 8. If you say that someone has a particular thing of their own, you mean that that thing belongs or relates to...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English owen, from Old English agen; akin to Old High German eigan ~, Old Norse eiginn, Old English agan to possess — more at owe Date: before 12th century 1. belonging to oneself or itself — usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective cooked my ~ dinner 2. — used to express immediate or direct kinship an ~ son an ~ sister II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to have or hold as property ; possess b. to have power or mastery over wanted to ~ his ~ life 2. to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed ; admit ~ a debt intransitive verb to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed — used with to or up Synonyms: see acknowledge • ~er noun III. pronoun, singular or plural in construction Date: before 12th century one or ones belonging to oneself — used after a possessive and without a following noun gave out books so that each of us had our ~ a room of your ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & v. --adj. (prec. by possessive) 1 a belonging to oneself or itself; not another's (saw it with my own eyes). b individual, peculiar, particular (a charm all of its own). 2 used to emphasize identity rather than possession (cooks his own meals). 3 (absol.) a private property (is it your own?). b kindred (among my own). --v. 1 tr. have as property; possess. 2 a tr. confess; admit as valid, true, etc. (own their faults; owns he did not know). b intr. (foll. by to) confess to (owned to a prejudice). 3 tr. acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of. Phrases and idioms come into one's own 1 receive one's due. 2 achieve recognition. get one's own back (often foll. by on) colloq. get revenge. hold one's own maintain one's position; not be defeated or lose strength. of one's own belonging to oneself alone. on one's own 1 alone. 2 independently, without help. own brand (often attrib.) goods manufactured specially for a retailer and bearing the retailer's name. own goal 1 a goal scored (usu. by mistake) against the scorer's own side. 2 an act or initiative that has the unintended effect of harming one's own interests. own up (often foll. by to) confess frankly. Derivatives -owned adj. (in comb.). Etymology: OE agen, agnian: see OWE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) владеть 2) иметь 3) признавать 4) собственный blow one's own horn — выпячивать успехи in its own way — своего рода, в своем роде - ordinar own - under own power - well-shuffled own ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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владеть – to own a patent OWN 1. прил. 1) собственный, свой 2) принадлежащий кому-л., чему-л. • - at his own charge - on his own initiative - own business 2. гл. владеть, обладать, иметь ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. собственность, принадлежность this work is entirely his own —- эта работа целиком принадлежит ему to have nothing of one's own —- ничего не иметь a child of his own —- его ребенок may I have it for my own? —- можно мне взять это насовсем? Id: on one's own —- самостоятельно, независимо; на собственную ответственность; по собственной инициативе Id: I am on my own today —- на сегодня у меня нет никаких особых планов Id: to come into one's own —- получить должное; добиться своего; добиться признания; занять подобающее место Id: to give smb. his own —- отдавать должное кому-либо, воздавать по заслугам Id: to hold one's own —- сохранять свое достоинство, самообладание; не уступать, держаться твердо; стоять на своем; не слабеть, не поддаваться (болезни) Id: to get back one's own, to get one's own back —- отомстить за обиду; взять реванш Id: to tell smb. his own —- уст. сказать кому-либо правду в глаза; отчитать кого-либо как надо 2. свой собственный; принадлежащий (кому-либо или чему-либо) one's own house —- собственный дом to do smth. with one's own hands —- делать что-либо собственными руками to see smth. with one's own eyes —- видеть что-либо собственными глазами to be one's own doctor —- самому себя лечить name your own price —- назовите свою цену this fruit has a flavour all its own —- у этого плода совсем особенный аромат...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) свой собственный; to love truth for its own sake - любить правду ради нее самой; name your own price - назовите свою цену; to make ones own clothes - шить самой себе; he is his own man - он сам себе хозяин 2) родной; my own father - мой родной отец 3) любимый; farewell my own - прощай, дорогой 4) собственный, оригинальный; it was his own idea - это была его собственная идея 2. noun to come into ones own - получить должное; to hold ones own - сохранять свои позиции, свое достоинство, самообладание; стоять на своем; the patient is holding his own - больной борется с недугом; I have nothing of my own - у меня ничего нет (никакой собственности); on ones own coll. - самостоятельно, на собственную ответственность, по собственной инициативе 3. v. 1) владеть; иметь, обладать; - own lands 2) признавать(ся); - own a child - own faults - own to - own to the theft - own up Syn: see possess OWN a child признавать свое отцовство; OWN faults признавать свои недостатки; OWN lands владеть землей OWN to признаваться в (чем-л.) OWN to the theft признаваться в краже OWN up coll. а) откровенно признаваться; б) безропотно подчиняться ...Англо-русский словарь
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See: COME INTO ONE'S OWN, DOSE OF ONE'S OWN MEDICINE, HOLD ONE'S OWN, IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN, KEEP ONE'S OWN COUNSEL, OF ONE'S OWN ACCORD or OF ONE'S OWN FREE WILL, ON ONE'S OWN ACCOUNT or ON ONE'S OWN HOOK, ON ONE'S OWN TIME, SIGN ONE'S OWN DEATH WARRANT, TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS, UNDER ONE'S OWN STEAM. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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