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# own

«own» in Mova's school dictionary: **to have it as yours** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (own, owns, owned, owning); adjective and pronoun (own — after my, your, his…)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To own something is to have it as yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m1)

2) «My own book» is a book that is mine and nobody else's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m2)

3) «On your own» means alone, or without help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m3)

4) «To own up» means to admit you did something wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: who has the things counted; «owns 5 cars»; like «has». In everyday life: «my own room», «make your own lunch», «on my own». In stories and manners: owning up to a mistake. In science: animals that have their own territory.

### examples

- She owns 3 bikes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x1)
- He has his own room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x2)
- They own 20 sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x3)
- How many books does Tom own? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x4)
- Can I walk to school on my own? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x5)
- Make your own sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x6)
- He owned up to breaking the vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x7)
- Each bird has its own nest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x8)
- Who owns this jacket? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x9)
- Ingratitude sometimes brings its own punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x10)

### note

«Owns» is like «has»: it tells the amount someone has now. Trap: «on his own» means alone, not a number. «Own» always comes after a possessive: «my own», «their own», never «an own». «Owner» is the person who owns something.

### In the corpora

- [Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/9/)
- [Cashback at a shop means taking your own money out as cash while paying by card; it is not a gift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/20/)
- [Own-brand food is often made in a similar way to famous brands but costs less because there is no big advertising.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/14/)
- [Fostering is looking after a child from another family for a while, when their own parents cannot cope for now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/13/)
- [Not every illness needs medicine: a cold gets better on its own.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «own» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.