Dictionary Entry
own
own is a 3-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.
- 2adjective
Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price.
- 3adjective
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.
- 4verb
have ownership or possession of
"He owns three houses in Florida"
"How many cars does she have?"
- 5adjective
belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
"for your own use"
"do your own thing"
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