acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess mean to disclose against one's will or inclination. acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed. admit implies reluctance to …

Define owns. owns synonyms, owns pronunciation, owns translation, English dictionary definition of owns. adj. Of or belonging to oneself or itself: She makes her own clothes.

to acknowledge as one's own; recognize as having full claim, authority, power, dominion, etc.. He owned his child before the entire assembly. They owned the king as their lord. to totally defeat, gain control …

Was that your own idea or did someone suggest it to you? You'll have to make up your own mind (= decide by yourself) what you want to do. I'd never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own …

If you own something, it belongs to you. You can use the verb own to describe possession of any kind of property, ranging from a saucepan to a fancy mansion. If something can be bought, it can be owned. …

Synonyms for OWNS: has, possesses, retains, enjoys, holds, commands, keeps, carries; Antonyms of OWNS: wants, lacks, abandons, relinquishes, renounces, disclaims, surrenders, yields

Was that your own idea or did someone suggest it to you? You'll have to make up your own mind (= decide by yourself) what you want to do. I'd never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own …

4 days ago · Which raises the question: Who owns the leading online news sites—and, by extension, largely shapes the ideas and information that reach millions of Americans?

The modern sense of 'own' encompasses not only tangible possessions but also intangible rights and interests. In contemporary usage, 'owns' as the third person singular form is widely used to describe …

As verbs the difference between own and owns is that own is 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 …