own¹ /ōn/

1. To possess, have belonging to one
2. To acknowledge as one's own
3. To confess
4. To allow to be true
5. To admit, concede
6. To acknowledge, recognize
7. To claim as one's own (obsolete)
8. To dominate (an opponent) utterly (slang)

To confess (with to)

ownˈer noun

1. A possessor, proprietor
2. A captain of a warship (slang)

ownˈerless adjective

ownˈership noun

ownˈer-driˈver noun

Someone who drives his or her own vehicle

ownˈer-occupaˈtion noun

ownˈer-occˈupied adjective

ownˈer-occˈupier noun

A person who owns the house in which he or she lives

owner's equity noun

The investment by an owner in his or her business, usu calculated as its current value minus any outstanding borrowing against it

own up

To confess (often with to)

• -metric
• metric
• -metrical
• metrical
• -metrically
• metrically
• metricate
• metricated
• metricates
• metricating
• metrication
• metrications
• metri causa
• metric horsepower
• metric hundredweight
• metrician
• metricians
• metricise
• metricised
• metricises
• metricising
• metricist
• metricists
• metricize
• metricized