1. verb /əʊn,oʊn/
a) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); "To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to." (Ref 1)
I own this car.
b) To claim as ones own; to answer to.
I am sorry to own I began to worry then.
Syn: possess, responsible, responsibility, confess, acknowledge, allow, beat, defeat, overcome, overthrow, vanquish, have, take, best
2. adjective /əʊn,oʊn/
Surprisingly, I realised my own brother had the same idea as me.
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