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Collocations for own - verb

ADVERB

independently
formerly, once, originally, previously
The car was once owned by Elvis Presley.
legally
He committed the crime with a gun that he legally owned.
communally, jointly
Only when the means of production were communally owned would classes disappear.
She owns the house jointly with her husband.

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PHRASES

directly owned by sb, indirectly owned by sb
own your own boat, home, etc.
They dreamed of owning their own home.
partly owned by sb, wholly owned by sb
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNL Research.
privately owned, publicly owned
The museum is privately owned.

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Own is used with these nouns as the subject:
ministry, trust

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Own is used with these nouns as the object:
asset, bar, business, cafe, car, cat, collection, company, copy, copyright, cottage, dog, estate, factory, farm, firearm, firm, flat, franchise, garage, home, horse, hotel, house, inn, land, mansion, mill, newspaper, nightclub, pet, plantation, premises, property, restaurant, right, share, shop, site, slave, stake, stock, subsidiary, track, vehicle, villa

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Collocations for own - adj.

Own is used with these nouns:
affair, brand, copy, country, destiny, goal, home, inclination, interest, observation, psychology, self, shortcoming, show, slant, way, work, world

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