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Own

Adjective

Definitionen

1.AdjectiveBelonging 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.
2.AdjectiveNot shared.
"When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom."
3.AdjectivePeculiar, domestic.
4.AdjectiveNot foreign.
5.VerbTo have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
"I own this car."
6.VerbTo have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
"The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon."
7.VerbTo defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
"I will own my enemies.; If he wins, he will own you."
8.VerbTo virtually or figuratively enslave.
9.VerbTo defeat, dominate, or be above.
10.VerbTo illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).
11.VerbTo be very good.
12.VerbTo admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny.
13.VerbTo acknowledge.
"I must own that I have been at fault all this time."
14.VerbTo proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.
15.VerbTo take responsibility for.
16.VerbTo recognise.
"I own him as a son of my own."
17.VerbTo claim as one's own.
18.VerbTo confess.
19.NounA crushing insult.
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