own

own · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Belonging to or for oneself and no one else.

  2. 2.

    Done or produced by the person specified.

  3. 3.

    Something that belongs to oneself.

  4. 4.

    To have as property; to possess.

  5. 5.

    To admit or acknowledge.

Related words

Antonyms: common, shared
See also: have, owner, ownership, possess
Synonyms: individual, personal, private

Etymology

From Old English āgen meaning "possessed, owned," past participle of āgan meaning "to have, to own" (the source of owe). From Proto-Germanic aiganaz meaning "possessed, owned." The word has cognates in German eigen meaning "own."