owning
present participle ofown
| 单词 | owning |
| 释义 | owning present participle ofown own verb uk/əʊn/us/oʊn/ownverb(HAVE LEGALLY)B1[Tnot continuous] to have something thatlegallybelongsto you: We ownourhouse. I've never owned asuitin mylife.
Having and owning - general words
ownverb(ADMIT)[I]old-fashioned toadmit: [+ (that)]I own(that)I was not veryhappywith the group'sdecision. Admitting & confessing
ownverb(DEFEAT/DO WELL)[T]mainlyUSinformal todefeatsomeonecompletelyor be muchbetterthan him or her; toperformextremelywell: Lasttimeweplayedthem, we owned them! Beyoncé owned thatstagetonight! Winning and defeating
ownverb(ACCEPT)[T] toacceptand beresponsiblefor something: It'syourlife- own it. I own who I was, and so I’m alwaysopentoadmittingfaultandtalkingthrough it. Accepting & agreeing
Idiomas ifyouowned the place Phrasal verbown up Examplesofowningowning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In spite of not formallyowningthe land, crown tenants enjoyed a lifetime right of occupation and the possibility to choose a successor. From theCambridge English Corpus Owningyour own home became the 'thing to do', producing a form of capital, security and a means of inheritance for the family. From theCambridge English Corpus Those who stress 'earning a high income' are likely to also stress 'being successful at work', 'owninglots of nice things', and 'being famous'. From theCambridge English Corpus Property was considered to be a sound investment and provided an added attraction toowninga residential home. From theCambridge English Corpus The extraction laws leave alive a cellowninga neighbour alive in the considered direction. From theCambridge English Corpus This could possibly be due to the fact that the mean age of peopleowningan occupational pension is 41.7 years. From theCambridge English Corpus Computations occur within a process and inherit the access rights of theirowningprocess. From theCambridge English Corpus The distribution of land holdings is skewed, with 18% of the householdsowning47% of the arable land. From theCambridge English Corpus It helps make the book a pleasurable read, and worthowningeven for someone previously uninterested in its subject. From theCambridge English Corpus The use rate of traditional methods was more than double among the womenowningland compared to those having no land. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, six of the twelve households that had left the village but continued to cultivate their land had stoppedowningsheep. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, control over these relations was one of the objects ofowninganimals. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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