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# owned

verb past and past participle (own, owns, owned, owning); adjective (owned — in «family-owned»)

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

## Everyday

1. Owned is the past form of own: it was yours before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#m1)
2. Owned (by) tells who something belongs to: «a shop owned by my uncle», «family-owned». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: what someone had earlier, before a change; the starting amount. In everyday life: «the house is owned by…», «a family-owned farm». In history and stories: «the castle was once owned by a king».

### Examples

- He owned 12 marbles before the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x1)
- She owned 4 cats last year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x2)
- The farmer owned 30 cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x3)
- The bakery is owned by a family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x4)
- The old castle was once owned by a duke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x5)
- Who owned this dog before? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x6)
- He has owned that bike for three years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x7)
- Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and the other only one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/owned/#x8)

### Note

Gives the starting amount in the past; later changes are added or taken away. Trap: the amount someone «owned» may not be what they have now. «Has owned» means from the past up to now, so he still owns it. Silent «w»: sounds like «oned».

## On Mova

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