"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(3) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) directly, indirectly
Kolokacji: 2
(9) legally, illegally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(12) rightfully, truly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) domestically, nationally
Kolokacji: 2
1. virtually own = praktycznie posiadaj virtually own
2. essentially own = zasadniczo posiadaj essentially own
  • Moreover, the FLDS Church owns essentially all of the homes and real estate in the areas where its members reside.
  • Under a system called "couverture," their husbands essentially owned women.
  • Now china essentially owns the US.
  • They have a great variety of real firearms and are free to commit any crime they wish since Ed's grandfather essentially owns the suburb.
  • Under the AT&T deal, however, At Home will essentially own an entire communications pipeline.
  • This is looked upon as a threat to the food supply and a trend towards large multinational companies essentially owning the seed supplies for entire crops .
  • In the minds of many, birth control groups essentially own the word 'choice,' particularly in a social/political communication.
  • A God King will lead a "fief" of several hundred normals whom he essentially owns, he is also responsible for outfitting them at his own expense.
  • Some black musicians contended that they essentially owned jazz and that it was being stolen from them by whites.
  • "At the moment, Arafat essentially owns the battle over the hearts and minds."
3. necessarily own = koniecznie posiadaj necessarily own

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