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Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/��n/, /<tt>@Un</tt>/
a|US /�n/, IPA|/o�n/, /<tt>oUn</tt>/
audio|en-us-own.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n|-��n

Etymology 1
wikipedia
OE. agnian|�gnian.

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital).

#: I own this car.

1. transitive To acknowledge responsibility for.

#: I have to own this problem.

1. transitive To admit.

#: It is difficult, I own, to guard against it in so arduous a struggle - Lord Byron.

1. transitive To defeat or make an embarrassment out of (Slang, used especially in online gaming most commonly in a form of to get owned, also see ownage)

#: I will own my enemies.
#: If you do that you will get owned

Synonyms

i-c|have rightful possession of to possess
i-c|acknowledge responsibility for be responsible for, admit or take responsibility for
i-c|admit confess, acknowledge, allow
i-c|defeat beat, defeat, overcome, overthrow, vanquish

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)
trans-top|have rightful possession of
Arabic: Arab|���|������ (málaka)
Chinese: �� (y�ng y�u)
Czech: vlastnit
Dutch: bezitten
Finnish: omistaa
French: posséder
German: besitzen
Hebrew: Note that Hebrew has no translation for this term, but has for to be owned: ��� (except present tense).
Hungarian: birtokol, tulajdonul bír
trans-mid
Italian: possedere
Japanese: ���� (������, shoyū suru)
Korean: ���� (soyuhada)
Polish: posiada�
Portuguese: possuir
Russian: владе�� (vladét�), име�� (imét�)
Spanish: poseer
Swedish: äga
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trans-top|acknowledge responsibility for
Finnish: tunnustaa
German: eingestehen, zugeben
trans-mid
Spanish: reconocer, admitir
Swedish: erkänna, tillstå, vidgå
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trans-top|defeat
Arabic: Arab|�ز� IPAchar|(házama)
Chinese: �败 (d�bài)
Dutch: verslaan
Finnish: voittaa
French: vaincre
German: schlagen
Hungarian: legy�z, vereség
Italian: sconfiggere
trans-mid
Japanese: 負�� (���, makasu)
Korean: ��� (jiuda)
Polish: pokona�
Portuguese: derrotar
Russian: побежда�� (pobeždát�)
Spanish: vencer, derrotar
Swedish: besegra
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Ido: proprietar
ttbc|Old English: agan|�gan

Etymology 2
OE. agen|�gen.

Determiner
own

1. (used with possessive) Belonging to.

#: That's Bob's own car there.

Translations

Afrikaans: eie
Arabic: Arab|��� IPAchar|(milk), Arab|��س (nafs)
Chinese: �己� (zìj� de)
Czech: vlastní
Dutch: eigen
Esperanto: propra
Finnish: oma
French: propre m|f (used before the noun)
German: eigen- (declinated according to gender and case) (used before the noun)
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Hungarian: saját
Italian: proprio (used before the noun)
Japanese: �身� (����, jishin no)
Korean: �기� (jagi-ui)
Old English agen|�gen
Portuguese: próprio
Russian: �вой (svoj)
Spanish: propio (used before the noun)
Swedish: egen c, eget n, egna p

Derived terms
on one's own
own up
owner
pwned<!--sic-->

Anagrams
now
won

Category:200 English basic words
Category:English determiners

fa:own
fr:own
io:own
it:own
kk:own
hu:own
ja:own
pl:own
pt:own
simple:own
fi:own
ta:own
te:own
vi:own
tr:own
zh:own

• 2007-11-25 09:12 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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