OWN

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own¹ I. adjectiv

1. propriu (după un posesiv, adesea ca particulă atributivă);

to be on one’s own account / sl. hook a fi de sine stătător, a fi independent, a sta cu picioarele sale (proprii);

my own country patria mea;

name your own day fixaţi dv. ziua;

it is all his own doing el e singur vinovat;

it is his own fault e vina lui;

he was beaten at his own game a fost învins cu propriile-i arme;

to take an affair into one’s own hands a se ocupa personal de o chestiune;

to be one’s own man a) a dispune de timp după bunul său plac; b) a fi în deplinătatea facultăţilor mintale, a fi stăpân pe simţurile sale;

to be one’s own master a fi de capul său, a nu depinde de nimeni;

of one’s own motion / accord din proprie iniţiativă, de la sine;

it is an observation of my own e observaţia mea proprie;

you may have it at your own price îl puteţi obţine la preţul care vă convine;

to have a reason of one’s own a avea un motiv deosebit;

I did it for a reason of my own eu am motivele mele pentru care am procedat astfel;

my own self eu însumi;

he has his own troubles îşi are necazurile sale;

to make smb. one’s own a câştiga pe cineva de partea sa;

my time is my own de timpul meu dispun cum vreau;

to love truth for its own sake a iubi adevărul de dragul lui însuşi.

2. (după un pronume pos.) prea iubit (uneori întrebuinţat şi la superlativ; ownest);

our own dear child scumpul şi prea iubitul nostru copil;

she is my own ea e tot ce am (mai scump) pe lume.

3. adevărat, de sânge;

own brother to smb. frate bun / de sânge al cuiva.

own¹ II. substantiv

1. proprietate, avere;

my own avutul meu;

let me have my own daţi-mi ce mi se cuvine;

the patient is holding his own bolnavul nu se calmează;

(mar.) the ship holds her own vasul rămâne pe direcţie;

(fam.) to stick to one’s own a-şi ţine casa din scurt;

to come into one’s own a intra în posesia bunurilor sale.

2. (cei) ai casei, familia, rudele apropiate.

own¹ III. verb tranzitiv

a poseda, a stăpâni, a avea;

who owns this land? cine-i proprietarul acestui pământ / teren?

a dog nobody will own câine pe care nu-l revendică nimeni.

own¹ IV. part. trec. (rar) de la owe¹.

own²verb A. tranzitiv

1. a recunoaşte, a admite; a mărturisi;

it must be owned that trebuie să admitern că;

to own a fault a recunoaşte o greşeală;

he owned having done it a recunoscut că a făcut-o;

to own smb. as a son a recunoaşte pe cineva ca fiu.

2. a da, a produce.

3. (fam.) to own up a mărturisi.

own²verb B. reflexiv

a se da pe faţă.

own²verb C. intranzitiv

1. a se recunoaşte.

2. to own up a recunoaşte în întregime, a mărturisi complet.

3. a se supune cu resemnare.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

There is the writing. Pooh, pooh! Forgery. My private note-paper. Stolen. My own seal. Imitated. My photograph. Bought.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If we are to win through, it is only our own qualities which can save us.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He would take his own life if she would only free him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

"Did she own she liked it?" asked Meg.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Had she not imagined herself consulting his good, even more than her own, she could hardly have given him up.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

A man can’t expect always to have it his own way, can he, Dr. Watson?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Certainly,’ said I. ‘It’s all your own.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And I think I should have had the choosing of my own hands, if you go to that.”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Did she not, then, adopt you of her own accord?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

An antibody made against substances formed by a person’s own body.

(Autoantibody, NCI Dictionary)

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