Betekenis van own In het Nederlands

• 0 belonging to or done by a particular person or thing:

  • Each neighbourhood in New York has its own characteristics.

  • I'd like to have my very own apartment.

  • He wanted an apartment of his own.

  • She makes all her own clothes.

  • I'm going to be out tonight, so you'll have to make your own dinner (= prepare it yourself).

  • 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 eyes/heard it with my own ears.

  • "Is that your mum's car?" "No, it's my own (= it belongs to me)."

  • James Joyce wrote in a style that was all his own (= that was not like that of anyone else).

  • We like to take care of our own (= take care of people who are members of our family, or who work for us).

  • I like living on my own.

  • I did my buttons up all on my own, Dad .

  • You may only use company computers to access the Web in your own time.

• 1 to have something that legally belongs to you:

  • We own our house.

  • I've never owned a suit in my life.

• 2 to admit:

  • [ + (that) ] I own (that) I was not very happy with the group's decision.

• 3 to defeat someone completely or be much better than him or her; to perform extremely well:

  • Last time we played them, we owned them!

  • Beyoncé owned that stage tonight!

• 4 to accept and be responsible for something:

  • It's your life - own it.

  • I own who I was, and so I’m always open to admitting fault and talking through it.

• 5 belonging to or done by a particular person or thing:

  • Mary has her own car.

  • You’ll have to fix your own dinner.

  • The police testified that the woman left of her own accord (= she chose to do it without being forced).

• 6 to have or possess something:

  • We own some property in Texas.

• 7 to have something that legally belongs to you:

  • He has owned the business since 1995.

  • The group owns assets worth $620 million.

  • This gave many people the opportunity to own their own home for the first time.

• 8 to accept responsibility for something such as an idea:

  • For the reorganization to work, employees need to own the idea of change.

• 9 belonging or relating to a particular person rather than to other people:

  • She started her own business selling cameras.

  • The software helps you create your own website.

  • He invested €5 million of his own money.