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own

Noun CEFR A1 Common
əʊn

Definitions

  1. own (belonging to)
  2. A crushing insult.
  3. Leng=es.
  4. proper
  5. Of or belonging to oneself or itself: She makes her own clothes.
  6. typical, characteristic
  7. That which belongs to one: I wanted a room of my own.
  8. To make a full confession or acknowledgment: When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up to the crime. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
  9. belonging to (the person stated). The house is my own; I saw it with my own eyes. eie خاصَّة мой próprio vlastní eigen egen που ανήκει σε propio oma مال خودم؛ خود oma propre שֶׁלוֹ עַצמוֹ וכו' निजी vlastit, u vlasništvu saját milik eiginn proprio 自分の 자기의 것 savas, nuosavas; savo, paties paša-; savs kepunyaan; saya sendiri eigenegenwłasny زما خپل próprio propriu свой, собственный vlastný lasten moj egen, eget, egna ที่เป็นของตัวเอง kendi, kendinin 自己的 свій, власний اپنا của chính mình 自己的
  10. a person who owns something. Are you the owner of that car? eienaar, besitter, baas مالِك، صاحِب притежател dono majitel, -ka der/die Eigentümer(in) ejer ιδιοκτήτηςpropietario, dueño omanik صاحب omistaja propriétaire בְּעָלִים मालिक vlasnik tulajdonos pemilik eigandi proprietario 所有者 소유자 savininkas īpašnieks pemilik eigenaareier, innehaverwłaściciel صاحب dono proprietar владелец majiteľ, -ka lastnik vlasnik ägare เจ้าของ sahip 所有人 власник, хазяїн مالک người chủ 所有人
  11. eiendom, eiendomsreg, eienaarskap مُلْكِيَّه собственост propriedade vlastnictví das Eigentumsrecht ejerskab ιδιοκτησίαpropiedad omandiõigus مالکیت omistajuus propriétéבעלות स्ामित्व vlasništvo tulajdon(jog) kepemilikan það að vera eigandi; eignarréttur proprietà 所有権 소유권 nuosavybė, nuosavybės teisė īpašumtiesības; īpašums pemilikan eigendomeie, eiendomsrettwłasność مالكيت propriedade (drept de) proprietate владение vlastníctvo lastništvo vlasništvo ägarskap, äganderätt, ägo สิทธิการครอบครอง s...
  12. to revenge oneself. He has beaten me this time, but I'll get my own back (on him). wraak op iemand neem vir iets يَنْتَقِم отмъщавам си vingar-se oplatit sich revanchieren få hævn παίρνω εκδίκηση vengarse, desquitarse, tomarse la revancha kätte maksma انتقام گرفتن maksaa samalla mitalla prendre sa revanche לְהִתנָקֵם ב- बदला ले लेना osvetiti se ezt még visszakapja membalas ná fram hefndum rifarsi, vendicarsi 仕返しをする 복수하다 at(si)keršyti atmaksāt; atdarīt membalas dendam revanche nemen få revansj...
  13. to admit that one has done something. He owned up to having broken the window. beken, alles erken يَعْتَرِف بِذَنْبِه признавам си confessar přiznat (se) offen zugeben indrømme παραδέχομαι, ομολογώconfesar üles tunnistama اعتراف کردن به myöntää avouer לְהוֹדוֹת स्वीकारोक्ति करना, अपने दोष आदि मान लेना priznati beismer mengaku játa hreinskilnislega confessare, ammettere 白状する 자백하다 prisipažinti atzīties mengaku bekennentilstå, innrømmeprzyznać się اعتراف كول confessar a recunoaşte откровенно при...
  14. To have or possess as property: owns a chain of restaurants.
  15. To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge: "I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy, derelict, / and I own that I remain so yet" (Walt Whitman).

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Examples

the amount of bigots that just screenshot my profile thinking it's the biggest own is insane.”

CEFR level

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