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# own

verb (own, owns, owned, owning); adjective and pronoun (own — after my, your, his…)

«own» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To own something is to have it as yours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m1)
2. «My own book» is a book that is mine and nobody else's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m2)
3. «On your own» means alone, or without help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m3)
4. «To own up» means to admit you did something wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: who has the things counted; «owns 5 cars»; like «has». In everyday life: «my own room», «make your own lunch», «on my own». In stories and manners: owning up to a mistake. In science: animals that have their own territory.

### Examples

- She owns 3 bikes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x1)
- He has his own room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x2)
- They own 20 sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x3)
- How many books does Tom own? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x4)
- Can I walk to school on my own? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x5)
- Make your own sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x6)
- He owned up to breaking the vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x7)
- Each bird has its own nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x8)
- Who owns this jacket? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x9)
- Ingratitude sometimes brings its own punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/#x10)

### Note

«Owns» is like «has»: it tells the amount someone has now. Trap: «on his own» means alone, not a number. «Own» always comes after a possessive: «my own», «their own», never «an own». «Owner» is the person who owns something.

## In Jewish tradition

Often an old way of stressing a person's belonging or kinship, as in "his own land" or "mine own house". In the primary lessons: In maths: who has the things counted; «owns 5 cars»; like «has». In everyday life: «my own room», «make your own lunch», «on my own». In stories and manners: owning up to a mistake. In science: animals that have their own territory.

### Examples

- And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?' (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/#x1)
- And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. (Torah EXO.18.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/#x2)
- And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. (Torah LEV.14.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/#x3)
- They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Prophets JON.2.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/#x4)
- Thus might we procure great evil against our own souls.' (Prophets JER.26.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/#x5)
- So he returned with shame of face to his own land. (Writings 2CH.32.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/#x6)

### Note

«Owns» is like «has»: it tells the amount someone has now. Trap: «on his own» means alone, not a number. «Own» always comes after a possessive: «my own», «their own», never «an own». «Owner» is the person who owns something.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «own» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/own/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«own» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/own.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «own» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/own/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«own» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/own.html) on Mova free.