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own
adjective as in belonging to individual
verb as in possess; be responsible for
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be in possession of, be possessed of, fall heir to, have in hand, have rights, have title
verb as in acknowledge, admit
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assent to, come clean, let on, make clean breast of, own up, tell the truth
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Example Sentences
Yet American minimalism, isolationism, realism, mind-our-own-business-ism—whatever you want to call it—is cyclical.
This process continues today, when only a handful of vineyards with ungrafted, or “own-rooted,” vines still exist.
Just church, public festivals, and the occasional make-your-own-music night at home?
Their three children, Vittorio, Luca, and Angela (its current designer) took over the brand in the 1990s and currently co-own it.
The corner rent-to-own store also carries laptops and PCs, along with flat-screen TVs, washers-driers, and furniture of all kind.
“Follows-his-own-fancy,” she repeated, as one repeats a strange phrase, the meaning of which is obscure.
Opposite is a little, hold-your-own school-mistressy young person in pince-nez.
No wonder her father had hidden that photograph, so secretly behind her own-ashamed of having kept it!
"It's g-g-g-gone d-d-d-own the bab-b-b-back of my n-n-n-neck," sputtered Ding-dong Bell protestingly.
Couldn't a-be'n 'at she'd a-wundered off her-own-se'f; and it couldn't a-be'n 'at Steve'd take her, 'thout a-lettin' us know it.
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On this page you'll find 125 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to own, such as: owned, endemic, hers, his, individual, and inherent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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