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1. emphasizes possession: used to emphasize that somebody or something belongs to a particular person or thing and not to somebody or something else
  (adj) has her own business
Her own mother wouldn't have recognized her.
(pron) That's my paintbrush - get your own.
At last he had a house of his own.
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2. indicates that somebody does something unaided: used to indicate that somebody does something without help or interference
(adj) makes his own clothes
I can make my own decisions.
(pron) I'd rather make my own than buy them ready-made.
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Caribbean indicates simple possession: used after a possessive adjective, pronoun or name to indicate possession or ownership
That could be anybody own.
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verb (past and past participle owned, present participle own·ing, 3rd person present singular owns) |
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1. transitive verb have something as property: to have something as your property
doesn't own a car
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2. transitive verb take responsibility for something: to acknowledge full personal responsibility for something
encouraged us to own the project
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3. transitive and intransitive verb acknowledge: to acknowledge or admit something
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formal
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owned that the struggle was hard
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| [ Old English āgen "your own," past participle of āgan (see owe)] |
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come into your own to start to be really effective, useful, or successful
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hold your own
1. to put up effective resistance in an argument or contest
2. to remain in a stable condition after an illness or injury, often when it might not be expected
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on your own
1. alone
2. without help or interference
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