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# owned

«owned» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of own: it was yours before** — 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 past and past participle (own, owns, owned, owning); adjective (owned — in «family-owned»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Owned is the past form of own: it was yours before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#m1)

2) Owned (by) tells who something belongs to: «a shop owned by my uncle», «family-owned». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: what someone had earlier, before a change; the starting amount. In everyday life: «the house is owned by…», «a family-owned farm». In history and stories: «the castle was once owned by a king».

### examples

- He owned 12 marbles before the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x1)
- She owned 4 cats last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x2)
- The farmer owned 30 cows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x3)
- The bakery is owned by a family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x4)
- The old castle was once owned by a duke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x5)
- Who owned this dog before? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x6)
- He has owned that bike for three years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x7)
- Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and the other only one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x8)

### note

Gives the starting amount in the past; later changes are added or taken away. Trap: the amount someone «owned» may not be what they have now. «Has owned» means from the past up to now, so he still owns it. Silent «w»: sounds like «oned».

### In the corpora

- [At bedtime he owned up and said sorry for lying to her face.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/336-little-lies-at-home/3/)
- [Leo owned up, said sorry, and read the paper aloud to Grandad every morning until the new glasses came.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/3/)
- [Leo glanced at the test answers on her desk, then owned up to the teacher and took the test again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/12/)
- [She owned up; he changed his code and would not lend her anything for weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/2/)
- [Ben ate the sweets saved for the Sunday school prize, then owned up and brought a new bag from his pocket money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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