Kilo Lingo

/əʊn/

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Translation

Belonging to a particular person and to nobody else.

Word origin

From Old English agen, an old past participle of agan meaning to have or possess.

Origin
Old English
Root
agen

Examples

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"Own" shows the room belongs to you and nobody else.

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Here "own" stresses that she did it herself.

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"Own" shows the house would belong to them alone.

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