own

US /on/

UK /əʊn/

A1

verb

  • To have something as your property

adjecitve

  • Belong to oneself

pronoun

  • (Something) belong to myself

determiner

  • Yours, his, hers, etc.; not belonging to another

Examples

They dreamed of owning their own home.

Only when the means of production were communally owned would classes disappear. She owns the house jointly with her husband.