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owns

VERB

possess; be responsible for

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boast control dominate enjoy have hold keep occupy retain

STRONG

inherit reserve

WEAK

be in possession of be possessed of fall heir to have in hand have rights have title

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon forsake give up lack let go need release surrender want yield

WEAK

deny disavow dispossess lose not have reject sell

VERB

acknowledge, admit

Synonyms

STRONG

allow avow concede confess declare disclose grant recognize

WEAK

assent to come clean let on make clean breast of own up tell the truth

Antonyms

STRONG

conceal condemn deny disapprove disavow disclaim disown dispute hide refuse reject repudiate secrete

WEAK

dispossess lack lose need not have sell

Example Sentences

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And she’s about to embark on a summer tour in support of her latest album, “Nobody Owns You.”

From Salon • May 18, 2024

The story Choy co-produced, titled “7.21 Who Owns the Truth,” won the Chinese-language documentary award at the Human Rights Press Awards in 2021.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2022

Kevin Appier, RHP: Owns and operates a soybean farm in Paola, Kan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

In the first of a new two-part BBC series Who Owns Scotland?

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2021

"Here's how. I rather think so, you know. Deserves to be, anyhow. Knows hell's own amount about people. Don't know where he got it all. Owns a chain of sweetshops in the States."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway