Phonetic Breakdown of "owns"
Learn how to break down "owns" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.
Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:
/əʊnz/
/oʊnz/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
OW1 N Z
Standard phonetic transcription to help with precise pronunciation
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Definition of "owns"
Pronunciation: /əʊnz/
Verb
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To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.Example: "I own this car."
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To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.Example: "The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon."
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To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.Example: "I will own my enemies."
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To virtually or figuratively enslave.
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To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
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To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
Verb
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To grant; give.
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To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
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To admit; concede; acknowledge.
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To take responsibility for.
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To answer to.
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To recognise; acknowledge.Example: "to own one as a son"
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To claim as one's own.
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To confess.