sense of ownership

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandownership

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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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ownership
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofsenseandownershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsense of ownership

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According to this study, thesenseofownershipof the technology by the community was low as those demonstrations were set up by 'outsiders'.
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They can also pass thissenseofownershipon to future classes with the space acting as a flexible exhibit of creative achievements.
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The music teacher suggests that the children perform some of their music to their peer groups, thus contributing to asenseofownership.
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Yet the women may have felt an instinctivesenseofownershipfor some of these goods.
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Involving all staff from the beginning may influence people more positively, and engender asenseofownershipand belonging.
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The country needs democracy from the grass-roots level to give the people asenseofownershipof national institutions.
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Sustainability will be increased if the community has asenseofownershipand investment in the course.
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Most important, the community evidently feels a strongsenseofownershipand is empowered by the development process.
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Thissenseofownershipby the community is fundamental.
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This gave her a strongsenseofownershipabout the investment.
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Having identified with the project and being involved in the process of managing it creates asenseofownership.
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Efforts are being made in some countries to enhance participation of rural communities and asenseofownership.
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This involvement of the users, whether male or female farmers, provides asenseofownershipas they have some control of the use of inputs and outputs used.
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Cinemas were important focal points within local communities towards which people felt asenseofownership.
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Another important factor is that leading experts throughout the country have participated in developing the reports and therefore have asenseofownershipof the contents.
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Far less effort went into ensuring that older people felt the samesenseofownership.
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The ability to determine quality of care can be associated with thesenseofownershipfelt by staff, and their ability to influence and make decisions.
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It is not owned in the fullsenseofownership; it is only on loan, whatever our relationship with it.
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That is why we have worked with industry to come up with a decent set of regulations, for which it has asenseofownership.
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