own

Pronunciation: [әun]

Average Rank: 157

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 自己的 a. 自己的, 嫡亲的, 同胞的 vt. 拥有, 支配, 自认, 承认, 顺从于 vi. 承认, 供认

Detailed Explanations:
  • v. have ownership or possession of
  • s. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past Participle: owned
3rd Person: owns
Past: owned
Present Participle: owning

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#120

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#249

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 97.5% (Top 97.5% most frequent)
97.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#101

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.0% (Top 99.0% most frequent)
99.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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