dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/own_MW.json
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{
"own":{
"antonyms":[
"lack",
"want"
],
"definitions":{
": belonging to oneself or itself":[
"\u2014 usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective cooked my own dinner was responsible for his own bad luck"
],
": for or by oneself : independently of assistance or control":[
"made the decision on his own"
],
": left to rely entirely on one's own resources":[
"if you mess up, you're on your own"
],
": one or ones belonging to oneself":[
"\u2014 used after a possessive and without a following noun gave out books so that each of us had our own a room of your own"
],
": to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed":[
"\u2014 used with to or up"
],
": to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit":[
"own a debt"
],
": to have or hold as property : possess":[],
": to have power or mastery over":[
"wanted to own his own life"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We hope to someday own our own home.",
"She drives a red truck that was originally owned by her grandfather.",
"He owns the rights to the band's music.",
"The couple owns and operates the business.",
"After everyone else denied any responsibility, he owned that he was at fault.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These big semiconductor companies invest billions of their own money in these U.S. fabs. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Punk and Tony had to step away from reasons completely their own , and completely reasonable and justified. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"Edwards and Isom both mostly self-funded their efforts, with Edwards lending her campaign $500,000 while Isom used nearly $140,000 of her own money. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"While another candidate showed willingness to spend millions of her own money to reach voters, Salmon\u2019s fundraising trailed, leaving him third in the pack of candidates. \u2014 Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"The celebrations and remembrances were made all the more meaningful given the extremists\u2019 threats to democracy and a far-right Supreme Court that reversed the rights of women to decide what happens to their own bodies. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 June 2022",
"The fact that women are losing the rights to our own bodies, that\u2019s insane. \u2014 Shirley Ju, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Women and girls have the right to decide over their own bodies. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"The plaintiffs argue the state\u2019s constitution protects pregnant Utahns\u2019 rights to determine when and whether to have a family and determine what happens with their own bodies and lives. \u2014 Patricia Hurtado, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Scrabble took off, though, in the 1950s, and the current owner, Hasbro, estimates that three of every five American homes own a set. \u2014 Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Activist investor RC Ventures, which own a nearly 10% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond, advocated selling the brand earlier this year and buyers expressed interest. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Smartphones are coveted by the young, but parents seem wary about buying them (though not wary enough to take the small screens away when kids already own them!). \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 27 June 2022",
"Available to rent or own in the U.S. on all major digital platforms; visit www.doula-film.com for more details. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
"The ideological homogeneity of their electorate makes both messaging and expectations management much easier than what\u2019s possible in the Democrats\u2019 own frequently fractious tent. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 25 June 2022",
"The contest doesn\u2019t specify the hotel or golf course, but the former president does own several of each. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The homeowners own the beach and vehicular use is not permitted by the reservation. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Numerous photos posted to Suters\u2019 social media pages indicate there is a far greater number of marijuana plants than Vermont\u2019s permitted two mature plants or four immature plants that private citizens can own . \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English owen , from Old English \u0101gen ; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse eiginn , Old English \u0101gan to possess \u2014 more at owe":"Adjective, Verb, and Pronoun, singular or plural in construction"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for own Verb 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. acknowledged an earlier peccadillo admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications. admitted the project was over budget own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself. must own I know little about computers avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, what one might be expected to be silent about. avowed that he was a revolutionary confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt. confessed a weakness for sweets",
"synonyms":[
"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"possess",
"retain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113205",
"type":[
"adjective",
"pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"own (up to)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly owned up to damaging the car"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145254",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"own (up)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to admit that one has done a usually bad thing : to confess to something":[
"I know he broke the window, but so far, he hasn't owned up .",
"\u2014 usually + to I'm waiting for him to own up to it."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005950",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"own-brand":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a product that is made for a store and has the store's name on it":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034105",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"owned":{
"antonyms":[
"lack",
"want"
],
"definitions":{
": belonging to oneself or itself":[
"\u2014 usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective cooked my own dinner was responsible for his own bad luck"
],
": for or by oneself : independently of assistance or control":[
"made the decision on his own"
],
": left to rely entirely on one's own resources":[
"if you mess up, you're on your own"
],
": one or ones belonging to oneself":[
"\u2014 used after a possessive and without a following noun gave out books so that each of us had our own a room of your own"
],
": to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed":[
"\u2014 used with to or up"
],
": to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit":[
"own a debt"
],
": to have or hold as property : possess":[],
": to have power or mastery over":[
"wanted to own his own life"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We hope to someday own our own home.",
"She drives a red truck that was originally owned by her grandfather.",
"He owns the rights to the band's music.",
"The couple owns and operates the business.",
"After everyone else denied any responsibility, he owned that he was at fault.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These big semiconductor companies invest billions of their own money in these U.S. fabs. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Punk and Tony had to step away from reasons completely their own , and completely reasonable and justified. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"Edwards and Isom both mostly self-funded their efforts, with Edwards lending her campaign $500,000 while Isom used nearly $140,000 of her own money. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"While another candidate showed willingness to spend millions of her own money to reach voters, Salmon\u2019s fundraising trailed, leaving him third in the pack of candidates. \u2014 Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"The celebrations and remembrances were made all the more meaningful given the extremists\u2019 threats to democracy and a far-right Supreme Court that reversed the rights of women to decide what happens to their own bodies. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 June 2022",
"The fact that women are losing the rights to our own bodies, that\u2019s insane. \u2014 Shirley Ju, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Women and girls have the right to decide over their own bodies. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"The plaintiffs argue the state\u2019s constitution protects pregnant Utahns\u2019 rights to determine when and whether to have a family and determine what happens with their own bodies and lives. \u2014 Patricia Hurtado, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Scrabble took off, though, in the 1950s, and the current owner, Hasbro, estimates that three of every five American homes own a set. \u2014 Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Activist investor RC Ventures, which own a nearly 10% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond, advocated selling the brand earlier this year and buyers expressed interest. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Smartphones are coveted by the young, but parents seem wary about buying them (though not wary enough to take the small screens away when kids already own them!). \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 27 June 2022",
"Available to rent or own in the U.S. on all major digital platforms; visit www.doula-film.com for more details. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
"The ideological homogeneity of their electorate makes both messaging and expectations management much easier than what\u2019s possible in the Democrats\u2019 own frequently fractious tent. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 25 June 2022",
"The contest doesn\u2019t specify the hotel or golf course, but the former president does own several of each. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The homeowners own the beach and vehicular use is not permitted by the reservation. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Numerous photos posted to Suters\u2019 social media pages indicate there is a far greater number of marijuana plants than Vermont\u2019s permitted two mature plants or four immature plants that private citizens can own . \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English owen , from Old English \u0101gen ; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse eiginn , Old English \u0101gan to possess \u2014 more at owe":"Adjective, Verb, and Pronoun, singular or plural in construction"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for own Verb 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. acknowledged an earlier peccadillo admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications. admitted the project was over budget own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself. must own I know little about computers avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, what one might be expected to be silent about. avowed that he was a revolutionary confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt. confessed a weakness for sweets",
"synonyms":[
"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"possess",
"retain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130230",
"type":[
"adjective",
"pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"owner":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who owns something : one who has the legal or rightful title to something : one to whom property belongs":[
"business/property owners",
"He and his sister are owners of the restaurant.",
"We were able to return the wallet to its rightful owner .",
"\u2014 often used in combination dog- owners and cat- owners"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anne Massie, owner and operator of Grounded Earth Farm with her husband Ben, provided tours of the property growing space, led a dialogue with guests and helped field questions. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Cedar Fair, the owner and operator of Great America, as well as 11 other parks, including Knott\u2019s Berry Farm, sold the amusement park to real estate developer Prologis for $310 million in an effort to reduce its debt. \u2014 Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"In the private sector, Egan worked for KINY in Juneau, eventually becoming part owner of the station and its general manager. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"The Vault owner and her husband have given their best efforts to accommodate couples who lost their original wedding venue to the downtown fire. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"With the acquisition, and a new owner that both expected, and supported, an exponential growth of GEA's business, quality assurance was no longer enough. \u2014 Bill Fischer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Underbelly Hospitality has shaken things up in recent years, opening, closing and reimagining his restaurants around Houston. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 29 June 2022",
"Watt \u2014 who in a former life made his living as a college dean, a gallery owner and an herb farmer \u2014 started his writing career at the age of 47 through entering an MFA program at the University of Arizona. \u2014 Ed Conroy, San Antonio Express-News , 29 June 2022",
"For Omar McKay \u2013 owner and executive chef of Irie Jamaican Kitchen \u2013 being true to one\u2019s self is what drove him to create Irie Jamaican Kitchen and to put his own spin on his home country\u2019s cuisine. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"holder",
"possessor",
"proprietor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073343",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"owner's flag":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": private signal":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112811",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"owners":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who owns something : one who has the legal or rightful title to something : one to whom property belongs":[
"business/property owners",
"He and his sister are owners of the restaurant.",
"We were able to return the wallet to its rightful owner .",
"\u2014 often used in combination dog- owners and cat- owners"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anne Massie, owner and operator of Grounded Earth Farm with her husband Ben, provided tours of the property growing space, led a dialogue with guests and helped field questions. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Cedar Fair, the owner and operator of Great America, as well as 11 other parks, including Knott\u2019s Berry Farm, sold the amusement park to real estate developer Prologis for $310 million in an effort to reduce its debt. \u2014 Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"In the private sector, Egan worked for KINY in Juneau, eventually becoming part owner of the station and its general manager. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"The Vault owner and her husband have given their best efforts to accommodate couples who lost their original wedding venue to the downtown fire. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"With the acquisition, and a new owner that both expected, and supported, an exponential growth of GEA's business, quality assurance was no longer enough. \u2014 Bill Fischer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Underbelly Hospitality has shaken things up in recent years, opening, closing and reimagining his restaurants around Houston. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 29 June 2022",
"Watt \u2014 who in a former life made his living as a college dean, a gallery owner and an herb farmer \u2014 started his writing career at the age of 47 through entering an MFA program at the University of Arizona. \u2014 Ed Conroy, San Antonio Express-News , 29 June 2022",
"For Omar McKay \u2013 owner and executive chef of Irie Jamaican Kitchen \u2013 being true to one\u2019s self is what drove him to create Irie Jamaican Kitchen and to put his own spin on his home country\u2019s cuisine. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"holder",
"possessor",
"proprietor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130942",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ownership":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a group or organization of owners":[],
": the state, relation, or fact of being an owner":[]
},
"examples":[
"The company is under private ownership .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Soccer team ownership is a high-risk, high-reward business. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"In these arguments, gun ownership is a way of expressing a deep and long-held American desire to protect oneself, one\u2019s family and one\u2019s property. \u2014 Brian L. Ott, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"Home ownership is key to building wealth, though high prices have made buying difficult. \u2014 Charisse Jones, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"But as media ownership has been consolidated and cost-cutting measures have taken effect, these bureaus have largely disappeared. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"That ownership is on display at Dented Brick Distillery on this particular Saturday night. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Phone ownership already is widespread among younger children, with 43 percent of 8-to-12-year-olds owning their own smartphone, according to the 2021 Common Sense Census. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Although ownership of EVs is still minuscule in the U.S., automakers are very busy trying to figure out how, exactly, to get more people to purchase an electric vehicle. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 27 May 2022",
"The closest country is Yemen -- a place in the throes of a long civil war -- and even then, gun ownership is less than half the US. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 25 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259r-\u02ccship"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123258",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"own-label":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": a product that is made for a store and has the store's name on it":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144358"
},
"owner-occupier":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who owns the dwelling he or she lives in":[
"renters and owner-occupiers"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174846"
},
"ownness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of belonging to oneself":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dnn\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192501"
},
"owner-occupied":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lived in by the owner":[
"owner-occupied houses"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193123"
},
"own up":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to admit that one has done a usually bad thing : to confess to something":[
"I know he broke the window, but so far, he hasn't owned up .",
"\u2014 usually + to I'm waiting for him to own up to it."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212153"
},
"own goal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a goal in soccer, hockey, etc., that a player accidentally scores against his or her own team":[],
": something that one does thinking it will help him or her but that actually causes one harm":[
"The workers scored an own goal by demanding such high wages that no one could afford to employ them."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222853"
},
"ownerless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having no owner":[
"ownerless land"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223017"
},
"ownhood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the condition in which one holds oneself or one's own in isolation : reliance upon or desire for one's own way or will : egoism , selfhood":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dn\u02cchu\u0307d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"own entry 1 + -hood ; translation of German eigenheit":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235352"
},
"own-root":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": growing on its own roots rather than on roots obtained from a stock : developing from a seed, cutting, or layer rather than from grafting or budding":[
"own-root roses are frequently less vigorous than budded stock"
],
"\u2014 compare seedling-rooted":[
"own-root roses are frequently less vigorous than budded stock"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161151"
}
}