Sentences with own

Own Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

1 of 3

ˈōn

: belonging to oneself or itself

—usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective

cooked my own dinnerwas responsible for his own bad luck

—used to express immediate or direct kinship

an own sonan own sistermy own family

own

2 of 3

transitive verb

: to have or hold as property : possess

: to have power or mastery over

wanted to own his own life

: to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit

own a debt

intransitive verb

: to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed

—used with to or up

own

3 of 3

: one or ones belonging to oneself

—used after a possessive and without a following noun

gave out books so that each of us had our owna room of your own

Phrases

on one's own

: for or by oneself : independently of assistance or control

made the decision on his own

: left to rely entirely on one's own resources

if you mess up, you're on your own

Synonyms

Verb

command
enjoy
have
hold
possess
retain

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Example Sentences

Verb We hope to someday own our own home. She drives a red truck that was originally owned by her grandfather. He owns the rights to the band's music. The couple owns and operates the business. After everyone else denied any responsibility, he owned that he was at fault.

Recent Examples on the Web

Cartagena also added 18 of her own in the win over Mesquite. —Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023 The Republican former president is facing a special counsel of his own and is under federal criminal investigation for his handling of classified documents and other potential transgressions. —Steve Peoples, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023 Trump's visit to South Carolina comes as two of the state's top Republicans mull 2024 bids of their own. —Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2023 Iowa would answer with seven straight of its own, but then freshman Dug McDaniel and Will Tschetter made consecutive buckets (the latter was called a goal-tend on Iowa when the replay didn't appear to show one) to make it 69-62. —Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2023 Debbie Rowe and have three children of his own before his death in 2009. —Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023 So much of the pretournament focus or news had been about Naomi Osaka deciding not to play in it—at least until Naomi came out with some big news of her own! —Corey Seymour, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023 For Worthington, who has three sons of his own, this resonates. —Thelma Adams, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023 Bonus points for assigning each character a silly voice of their own. —Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023

The family members – who purchased the Carrie Cerino’s property Dec. 9 for $500,000 under the company name MAHA Laxmi 8922 Inc. – plans to own and operate a party center there and lease the restaurant space to a restaurateur. —Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022 Virtually every long-serving CEO who addressed the group agree that the number one job of a CEO is to own and drive the company’s vision and values. —George Bradt, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022 Sheridan's original hit, Yellowstone centers on the Dutton family who own and run the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. —Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 25 Dec. 2022 Ian Hunter Book 4 is the oldest whisky yet to be released in this collection named after the last man in the Johnston family to own and operate the Laphroaig distillery. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022 Because the Braves own The Battery, the club’s owners stand to benefit financially from a hotel and housing project that could bring more customers to its restaurant and retail tenants there. —Taylor Croft, ajc, 9 Dec. 2022 But often domestic banks and pensions own large chunks of government debt and would suffer if the value of those investments were sharply written down. —Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022 At JPMorgan Chase, ‘community banking’ stems from our 5-year, $30 Billion Racial Equity Commitment, which focuses on helping Black, Hispanic and Latino people boost their financial health, become homeowners, and own and grow their businesses. —Jpmorgan Chase, Essence, 2 Dec. 2022 Passenger service on Amtrak would be halted because freight railroads own and maintain 97 percent of the tracks Amtrak travels on. —Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022 See More

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective, Verb, and Pronoun

Middle English owen, from Old English āgen; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse eiginn, Old English āgan to possess — more at owe

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Pronoun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of own was before the 12th century

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own

1 of 3 adjective

ˈōn

: belonging to oneself or itself

my own room

own

2 of 3 verb

: to have or hold as property : possess

: to have power or control over

wanted to own her own life

: to admit that something is true : confess

owned to being scared

if you broke the window, own up

owner

ˈō-nər

noun

ownership

-ˌship

noun

own

3 of 3 pronoun singular or plural

: one or ones belonging to oneself

—used after a possessive

dog of his own

Legal Definition

own

transitive verb

: to have or hold as property

especially : to have title to

own property

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English example sentences with "own"

Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.

Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.

Most people only want to hear their own truth.

Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Do you have a room of your own?

You should attend to your own business.

You are the master of your own destiny.

You will have your own way.

You are old enough to stand on your own feet.

Now that you have passed your test, you can drive on your own.

Did you do this on your own?

Some day you will have to reap the harvest of your own sowing.

Mind your own business!

Say frankly what, in your own eyes, is right.

Do your work in your own way.

Say what you will, I will act on my own judgement.

Few rich men own their own property.

Boys have their own bikes these days.

An accomplishment cannot be looked upon as yours unless you have paddled your own canoe.

Teaching is a profession of my own choosing.

Your mind is not occupied with your own affairs.

The head of the college, whose name was Miss Baker, therefore had a special place in the car park for her own small car.

A student should not lose sight of his own identity.

Students came of their own accord to help the villagers.

Each of the students has his own shoes.

Each of the students has his own locker.

Each person has his own way of doing things.

Each country has its own customs.

You learn a lot about your own country if you live abroad.

It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.

We broke up and went our own ways.

We tend to think that our time is our own only on Sundays and holidays.

We didn't help him, so he did it off his own bat.

Are there other universes outside our own?

We own a few hundred acres between the three of us.

I'd send my kid out on his own for a while if I were you. A few hard knocks at this point might do him some good.

Reflect on your own motives when making a decision.

You cannot have your own way in everything.

We cannot have our own way in everything.

You can't hope to have your own way in everything.

You shall not have your own way in everything.

Living on my own, I really miss my mom's cooking.

I'd been on my own all week and was starving for conversation.

This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.

A good doctor follows his own directions.

The son of a great actor became a good actor in his own right.

On bad roads this little car really comes into its own.

Have the devil's own luck.

There is no mother who doesn't love her own child.

All right, do it your own way, but don't blame me if you fail.

The lemon has a flavor all of its own.

Linda will try to have her own way in everything.

Mind your own business.

Every man for his own trade.

It's time you stood on your own two feet.

Everyone will have his own computer before long.

Each has his own taste.

Each of them carried their own pack.

I would rather let him have his own way.

Everyone has a character of his own.

Mum, why doesn't Dad clean his own study?

Tend to your own affairs first.

Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.

It has been three years since Bob started his own business.

Maybe I'll just wander off on my own.

Mr Brown is looking for his own glasses.

How do you like living on your own?

Nixon was caught lying because he bugged his own office.

You can't have your own way in everything.

Come what may, you should go your own way.

However small it may be, I want a house of my own.

I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.

Every nation has its own myths.

Every country has its own history.

During the tour he broke apart from the group and found his own way.

Everyone is responsible for his own actions.

Even if you have your own way, you will not always be successful.

For example, they do not have to go to a stadium to see the World Series or the Super Bowl because they can enjoy watching the games in their own living rooms.

However, as living standards gradually came to rise, more and more people began to have their own bathrooms at home.

It was a profession of his own choosing.

It is the job of his own choosing.

It was to a great extent his own fault.

That is my own affair.

That's a job of your own choosing, isn't it?

It has a value all its own.

It is important to understand that each country has its own culture.

The story is based on his own experience.

There is no evidence that the story is based on his own experience.

The old man tripped over his own feet.

The ambitious man became intoxicated with his own success.

I have my own thoughts on that subject.

The mother used her own milk to nourish the baby.

The tribe worships its ancestors and speaks its own language, and speaks an unfamiliar language.

The man couldn't so much as write his own name.

The man blew out his own brains.

The man tried to install his own antenna.

The minister contradicted his own statement.

The villagers serve their own needs by taking turns driving the bus.

You had better see the cloth with your own eyes.

Sentences with the word "own"

We found 80 sentences with the word "own". Synonyms for own. Meaning of the word. Characters. "own" - morphemic analysis. The meaning of the word own.

Own own Congress is declared the only legal representation of Ukraine.
In the same year, the family of the court factor Oppenheim spent on books their own capital of one million French francs. nine0008
I don't believe in anything that I don't see with my own eyes and the existence of which doesn't confirm my own experience.
Meanwhile, having returned from Kuibyshev to Moscow, Vysotsky got to his own creative evening at the WTO, which took place on May 31st.
Everyone had their own recipe, and so did I.

This work was so successful that the university published it at its own expense.

Meanwhile there are 9 in the archive0006 Rasputin's own story about this period.
He will not take any of these paths leading to safety, but will look for the third one, his own .
Gumilyov had his own "bathroom" office.

He called him none other than Shushka, until the time when Herzen got his own own little Shushka.

Only boundless faith in his own mind, only exorbitant conceit could inspire him with the idea of cerebral hygiene. nine0008
But then he was betrayed by his own leading question.

Finally, replenish own pocket , otherwise why would he return to power?

The fact is that he then created his own mime theater, which from the very first days began to declare itself as pro-liberal.

Each prince fearlessly and bravely at the head of his retinue defended his own destiny and died in unequal battles.

Now he will never grow older, and he will no longer face the fate of a snake that survived own poison.

Marche has found his own unique landscape style.

Our own blacksmith stayed far behind to fix a field kitchen that had a broken rear axle.

Her own earnings gave her that confidence in life that Alexander himself valued in himself.

He studied, but did not borrow, did not imitate, but brought his own orderly order into everything acquired. nine0008
He was always primarily a practitioner, and his own experience said that his life at the moment is simply necessary for the mafia.

This is evidenced, among other things, by his own story in the Divine Comedy about how he saved the life of a child.

It's not difficult for me to maintain my own rhythm, but it's almost impossible for me to adjust to the rhythm of other people's voices or instruments.

The Grand Duke had just turned ten years old, and shortly before that, his own debut in the ballet Acis and Galatea.

The sad experience of his father and his own made Ivan III anxiously think about the idea of such power.

Looking back, they saw their own ship sinking into the abyss.

At the end of the lessons, if the children behaved appropriately, she would sing songs to them to her own accompaniment.

From the first day I began to make the necessary inquiries, but so far nothing, on my own glance, worth mentioning did not recognize.

He is so immersed in his own inner world that he stops paying attention to his surroundings.

I have walked my own path, and now it is easier for me to understand my father.

Emin, who published in the same year his own magazine "Hell Post".

Each person has his own taste , and it's good that someone likes it.

Meanwhile, having returned from Kuibyshev to Moscow, Vysotsky hit own creative evening at the WTO, which took place on May 31st.

The colony had its own drama club, and Petr pretty soon became the most active participant in it.

Additional confidence that I would not disappear behind the fence of the Armed Forces was given by my own stone in my bosom, a personal trump card.

My own combat post was in the Anton gun turret, forward on the forecastle.

Santa Claus does not exist?”, she answered: “There is no Santa Claus and God too, only own spirit can help you.”

Only now it was no longer a student theatre, but its own own .

When creating their own code language, the traders took into account both of the above considerations.

The Czechs refused to surrender their weapons and under their own echelons took control of the entire highway from Samara to Vladivostok.

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He seemed to be delicately trying to open his eyes to their own theater, undermine faith in its uniqueness.

Besides, I have always preferred mackerel to flounder, and hake biting its own tail has always seemed to me the height of perfection.

In the foreground he painted bare olive trunks with broken branches, a small white stone and his own sleeping profile.

And only 3% of people start their own business in the first five years after graduation.

Stalin's own son proved by his example that this is a lie.

Arriving in Moscow in the winter, Iza was waiting for an invitation from the Pushkin Theatre, where her own husband proposed to her.

In Voronezh, Nikitin had his own wax candle factory, a house and a shop in a bustling trading place.

As if she was rushing her own departure.

I then thought: everyone probably has their own own god.

You have your own style, like, for example, Wagner Love or Kerzhakov.

And in 1921, Tamara decided to create her own theater right in the courtyard of her house.

Nevertheless, Lautrec had his own view of everything.

He only believed that this was the truth, and that his own mind would help him understand it.

My friend, test pilot Amet-Khan Sultan, as twice Hero of the Soviet Union, had 9 in his homeland0006 own bust.

With the birth of Gaudí's architectural creations, Barcelona has found its own , a unique style.

But no less important role in the formation of this character was played by the school and his own experience.

I showed almost no interest in other children, preferring their company to my own inner world.

Recalling my own experience , I did not find pity in myself and caught the bomber's left engine in the crosshairs of my sight. nine0008
I also looked into our own house, saw window frames, curtains and my mother standing at one of the windows.

In connection with the move to a new own house in Tsarskoye Selo.

From the sovereign's Alexander Palace, he moved to his own in St. Petersburg and asked me to help him settle down.

They also didn't let the musicians of "Obelisk", who came to their own concert.

We built our own house where I spent my childhood and youth.

Each of them received his own experience and made up his own impressions of military life.

In 2004 Belyaeva got her own website on the Internet, which can be accessed by anyone.

As a physicist, Kaminsky invented his own device to prove the Boyle-Mariotte law regarding the elasticity of gases.

He developed his own unique style, which he himself called "sharp as a knife."

Kazgan thanked the young barlas by giving him his own bow case.

It gave the impression that it had taken its own move.

If earlier he was guided only by his own taste, now he suppressed it, restrained his impulses.

True, with the relocation to Gori, Vissarion is unlikely to have retained his own vineyard. nine0008
But Aleinikov did not wait for someone's blessing and created his own drama circle.

Solovki also had its own NEP, reflecting every variation of life on the Soviet continent.

Here he had to give his first own concert.

Would you, being co-crucified with Christ in Holy Baptism, want Him to bear with you your own cross?

And he and Kartsev rushed to conquer the pop Olympus, creating their own own Theater of Miniatures.

And in 1921, Tamara decided to create her own theater right in the courtyard of the house.

On the contrary, wherever your own life experience allows, you try to stay close to what you saw in the war with your own eyes.

His own experience taught him the accuracy of thought, and wildlife expanded and generalized them.

And again, each of the five brothers received their own baron diploma. nine0008

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Antonym of the word "alien"

Himself, exactly

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A stand-alone application is... Examples

A stand-alone application is a definition expressed by a noun, which is separated by commas according to the punctuation rule.

In some cases, the sentence has a separate appendix with dependent words. We give examples of sentences in which we note a separate application.

Application - minor member of the proposal

In addition to the usual definitions expressed by adjectives, participles, pronouns, etc., there is another minor member in the sentences - the application. This term refers to special definitions expressed by nouns. Most often they agree with the word being defined in number, gender and case, for example:

Lake Beloe is famous for its beauty.

The director chose the spaniel Oliver to play the main character in the new film.

But the application does not always coincide in number or gender with the word being defined, for example:

All children like the Funny Pictures magazine.

In summer we organize a boat trip to Lake Seliger.

Such applications are inconsistent.

How to find a separate application (diagram)

Conditions for separate applications

Application punctuation marks

An application can be single or widespread, that is, have explanatory words with it. nine0003
A single application is placed both before and after the word being defined. Application denotes the name of an object (geographical object, institution, work, product, product, dish), that is, it specifies it, being a proper name. If it is after a common noun, then it is written separately with it, for example:

The Berezina River flows into the Dnieper.

A new cinema "Mayak" has been built in the city.

Hyphen in appendix

If the proper name is in front of the word being defined, then it is already written with a hyphen with a common noun. Let's compare:

The Berezina River is full of water and wide at the mouth of the Dnieper.

A hyphen is placed between the application and the word being defined, which are common nouns, if the application indicates age, profession, nationality, occupation, purpose of the subject, any qualitative characteristic, etc.:

baby sister; nine0432

design engineer;

Georgian merchant;

female model;

cooler backpack;

inventor son;

bell skirt.

Separation of attachments with commas

A separate attachment with the help of commas will be indicated in a number of cases:

a single attachment has the character of a clarification.

It is located after the word being defined - a common noun, which already has its own definition:

My neighbor, (who is this?) surgeon, was always busy.

A common application is a separate definition:

1. if it is after the word being defined

A neighbor’s daughter, a girl of ten years old, went into the forest with us for raspberries.

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As an educated person, our grandfather knew history well.

Such an application can be turned into a clause of reason with subordinating conjunctions “because”, “because” :

Since our grandfather was an educated person, he knew history well.

If the turnover with the union “as” has the value “as” , then it is not isolated:

F. M. Dostoevsky is known as a master of psychological analysis of the behavior of his characters. nine0003

Compare:

FM Dostoevsky is a master of psychological analysis of the behavior of his characters.

3. An application relating to a personal pronoun is separated regardless of its location in the sentence.

Stubborn, he never agreed to meet her halfway.

They, hard-working people, kept their simple household in perfect order.

Who only does not know him, a wise adviser in any business! nine0003

4. The stand-alone application appears after the proper name and has an explanatory meaning. Before it, you can insert the words “namely”, “that is” :

I. Levitan, a well-known artist, subtly conveys the play of chiaroscuro in a birch grove.

I. Levitan, that is, a well-known artist, subtly conveys the play of chiaroscuro in a birch grove.

Compare:

The well-known artist I. Levitan subtly conveys the play of chiaroscuro in a birch grove. nine0003

Before an application expressed by a proper name, you can insert the words “and his (her) name is” , for example:

The conversation was supported by Serezhin’s uncle, Ivan Petrovich, with witty remarks.

The conversation was supported by witty remarks by Serezhin's uncle, and his name is Ivan Petrovich.

An application before a proper name is separated by a comma if it has an additional adverbial value. It can be replaced by a subordinate clause with conjunctions “because”, “although” :

An excellent machine adjuster, Dubrov was in great demand in the workshop.

Since he is an excellent machine tool adjuster, Dubrov was in great demand in the workshop.

A well-known artist and talented director, V. Shukshin was a modest person.

Although he became a famous artist and director, V. Shukshin was a modest person.

5. Applications with the words “by name”, “by surname”, “by nickname”, “by nickname”, “by birth” are optional, that is, in cases where they are pronounced with an intonation of clarification:

The famous Spanish architect, by the name of Gaudi, was able to conceive an unusual cathedral, which attracts millions of people to admire this miracle.

His wife, a Tatar by birth, cooked an amazing plov.

A neighbor called Rybak, a sawmill worker, came to see us.

On the way to the forest we were overtaken by a village dog named Tomboy. nine0003

Single Application and Dash

The punctuation dash can be used instead of commas for single and common applications.

1. A dash is placed if a single or common application completes the sentence and gives the word being defined an explanation, explanation or clarification:

It has long been noticed that it grows alone, not letting anyone settle near it, only one tree is a birch.

We went to have a look at the wooded hill - an elevation that was poured several centuries ago to build a castle. nine0003

2. If you can insert “namely” before the application without changing the meaning of the sentence:

The hero of the day was presented with his favorite flowers - roses.

3. A dash is put if the application is in the middle of a sentence and has the character of an explanation:

A lively baby ran into the room - her father's favorite - in a pink dress, with a huge bow on top of her head.

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