own
Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled…Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
» Every country has its own history.
Jedes Land hat seine eigene Geschichte. — quicksanddiver
У каждой страны своя история. — odexed
У каждой страны своя собственная история. — marafon
У кожної країни своя історія. — deniko
У кожної країни є власна історія. — deniko
Кожна країна має власну історію. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(not comparable)Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
eigen
свойsvoj, со́бственныйsóbstvennyj
свійsvij, вла́снийvlásnyj
(not comparable)Not shared.
When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.
(not comparable, obsolete)Peculiar, domestic.
(not comparable, obsolete)Not foreign.
- belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
Examples
7333 sentencesEvery country has its own history.
У кожної країни своя історія. — deniko
ruУ каждой страны своя история. — odexed
deJedes Land hat seine eigene Geschichte. — quicksanddiver
You'd better mind your own business.
Краще не лізь не в свої справи. — deniko
ruНе суй свой нос куда не надо! — al_ex_an_der
Each student has his own desk.
Кожен учень має власну парту. — deniko
ruУ каждого ученика есть своя парта. — fjay69
deJeder Schüler hat seinen eigenen Schreibtisch. — jast
You should mind your own business.
Не лізь не в свою справу. — deniko
ruНе суй свой нос куда не надо! — al_ex_an_der
deDu solltest dich an deine eigene Nase fassen. — Waldelfe
Mary is like my own daughter.
Мері мені як рідна донька. — deniko
ruМэри мне как родная дочь. — odexed
deMaria ist für mich wie eine eigene Tochter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English oun, owen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originallyFrom Middle English oun, owen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to have, possess”). Doublet of eigen-.
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive:ain
Word family
14 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- on his own
- on my own
- on your own
- on her own
- own way
- his own way
- has his own
- own business
- on our own
- my own way
- of his own
- your own business
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.