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# owner

«owner» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or group that something belongs to** — 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

noun (an owner, owners)

### meaning for a pupil

A person or group that something belongs to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety, pet owners must feed, care for and clean up after their pets; ask the owner before stroking a dog. If you find something, try to give it back to its owner — «finders keepers» is not fair or always legal. In maths and grammar, the owner is shown with 's: «the dog's owner». Phrases: «the owner of», «pet owner», «dog owner», «shop owner», «the rightful owner».

### examples

- Always ask the owner before you pat a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x1)
- The owner of the shop gave us free sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x2)
- We handed the wallet to the police so they could find its owner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x3)
- Pet owners must take their dogs for walks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x4)
- Who is the owner of this coat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x5)
- The cat's owner put up posters when it went missing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x6)
- Car owners must keep their cars safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x7)
- She is the proud owner of a new bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x8)
- He was a Dane, the owner of a travelling theatre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owner/#x9)

### note

Countable; with «an»: «an owner». Verb: «own»; noun for the state: «ownership». Possessive 's shows ownership: «Tom's book» = the book whose owner is Tom.

### In the corpora

- [Street art is art in public places, and the big question is always the same: did the owner agree?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/0/)
- [A mural is a big wall painting done with permission, often paid for by councils, building owners or festivals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/6/)
- [Mediterranean tortoises hibernate, and owners guided by a vet keep them steady at about 5 degrees so they neither wake early nor freeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/16/)
- [Big parrots such as macaws and cockatoos can live over sixty years, so a pet parrot may outlive its owner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/187-record-breakers-the-loudest-and-the-longest-lived/12/)
- [When a dog and its owner look at each other, both get a rush of a bonding chemical in the brain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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