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owned

/əʊnd/ /oʊnd/

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To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.

Examples :

"I own this car."

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To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.

Examples :

"The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon."

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To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.

Examples :

"I will own my enemies."

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To virtually or figuratively enslave.

Examples :

"The demanding boss completely owned his employees, forcing them to work late every night and controlling their personal lives. "

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To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.

Examples :

"Maria completely owned the debate, presenting facts and arguments that no one could refute. "

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To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.

Examples :

""A skilled hacker owned the school's server and changed everyone's grades." "

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To grant; give.

Examples :

"The teacher owned the students a chance to ask questions after the lecture. "

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To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.

Examples :

"Even though he was late, he owned that it was his fault for oversleeping. "

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To admit; concede; acknowledge.

Examples :

"After reviewing the security footage, the student owned up to drawing on the whiteboard. "

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To take responsibility for.

Examples :

"My brother owned up to forgetting to water the plants. "

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Examples :

"The intern owned the mistake and took responsibility for fixing it. "

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To recognise; acknowledge.

Examples :

"to own one as a son"

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To claim as one's own.

Examples :

"She proudly owned her mistake and apologized to the team. "

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Examples :

"He owned up to forgetting his homework. "

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