owned
word · lemma: own
/ˈoʊnd/
ohnd
/ˈəʊnd/
ohnd
Definition
Past tense and past participle of 'own'. It means having something as your property, or being something that belongs to a person, company, or group.
Usage & Nuances
Most often used after a subject: 'She owned the shop.' It also appears before nouns in reduced clauses like 'a family-owned business'. Do not confuse it with internet slang 'owned', which means badly defeated or embarrassed.
Spanish: poseído - de propiedad dePortuguese (BR): possuído - de propriedade dePortuguese (PT): possuído - propriedade deChinese (Simplified): 拥有的 - 归…所有的Chinese (Traditional): 擁有的 - 屬於…的Hindi: स्वामित्व में होना - किसी की मिल्कियत होनाArabic: مملوك - مِلك لـBengali: মালিকানাধীন - মালিক ছিলRussian: принадлежал - владелJapanese: 所有していたVietnamese: sở hữuKorean: 소유한Turkish: sahip olunanUrdu: ملکیت میں تھا - کا مالک تھاIndonesian: dimiliki - memiliki (lampau)
Example Sentences
This car is owned by the company.
basic
My grandfather owned this house for fifty years.
basic
She owned a small dog when she was a child.
basic
I didn't know her family owned the restaurant.
natural
Back then, very few people owned a computer.
natural
It's a family-owned business, so they know every customer by name.
natural