own

adjective & pronoun

• used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned: [as adjective]:they can’t handle their own children I was an outcast among my own kind [as pronoun]:the Church would look after its own
• done or produced by and for the person specified: [as adjective]:I used to design all my own clothes [as pronoun]:they claimed the work as their own
• particular to the person or thing mentioned; individual: [as adjective]:the style had its own charm [as pronoun]:the film had a quality all its own

verb

• 1 [with object] have (something) as one’s own; possess:his father owns a restaurant [as adjective, in combination]: (-owned)state-owned property

• 2 [no object] formal admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way:she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy [with clause]:he was reluctant to own that he was indebted
• [with object] take or acknowledge full responsibility for (something):I emphasize the importance of owning our anger and finding ways to control it
• [with object] archaic acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of:he has published little, trivial things which he will not own

• 3 [with object] informal utterly defeat or humiliate:yeah right, she totally owned you, man