"own" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

own verbo

own + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 132
own property • own shares • own stock • own slaves • own newspapers • own hotels • own stations • own part • own estate • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(3) stock, Harrods, livestock
Kolokacji: 3
(4) slave, Fox, soul
Kolokacji: 3
(8) horse, racehorse, cattle
Kolokacji: 3
(10) bank, channel, media
Kolokacji: 3
(11) song, shop, store, outlet
Kolokacji: 4
(13) car, site, Time, computer, bus
Kolokacji: 5
(14) farm, mine, ranch
Kolokacji: 3
(16) number, majority, Paramount
Kolokacji: 3
(21) foot, dog, bar, animal
Kolokacji: 4
(22) Mills, town
Kolokacji: 2
(23) thousands, hundreds
Kolokacji: 2
(25) mile, dozens
Kolokacji: 2
1. own several miles = posiadaj kilka mil own several miles
  • He was said to own about five square miles at the maximum and to hold about 500 slaves by 1849.
  • In those days we would always start the hay-making at Hury, a parcel of land we owned two miles down the road.
  • The family now owns 60,000 square miles spread through virtually ever section of Zaire.
  • At its peak the company owned 21 miles of railway line, and it also operated trains on some additional lines it did not own.
  • Morgan's railroad trust, for instance, owned all but 40,000 miles of track in America.
  • The various municipalities own another 23.5 miles, which leaves seven miles of access owned by the state.
  • The company owned 14 miles of railway line and its headquarters were at Sandown.
  • The city owns 400 square miles of watershed in the county, and is charged with protecting it.
  • It owns 18 miles of pipes under the streets of Downtown.
  • The Trust also owns four miles of access along Windermere lakeshore.
2. own dozens = posiadaj tuziny own dozens
(26) worth, Dior, gold
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + own
Kolokacji: 10
want to own • continue to own • use to own • allowed to own • end up owning • ...
own + preposición
Kolokacji: 36
owned by • own up • owned since • own until • own in • ...
own + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 70
privately owned • wholly owned • once owned • jointly owned • publicly owned • originally owned • formerly owned • partly owned • ...

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