Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Source: tatoeba (1794)
Own
/ɑːn/
Synonyms for "own" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
Noun(19 words)
individual propertykeepkept animallordsmore keptmore school belongingowned byowningpersonal creedpersonal experiencepersonal qualitypetpossessed bypossessingprivate company reportsprivate informationro privatshareholder ownedswedish ha
Adjective(14 words)
individual responsibilitypersonal beliefpersonal belongingspersonal calendarpersonal effectspersonal gardenpersonal importancepersonal matterprivate goalsprivate imageprivate materialsprivate workspacept privadorespective
keeplet onmonopolizenot opposeon handopen upout with itown upownedplead guiltypossesspossessedproperrecognizerespectiveretainspillspill itspit it outtell all
Verb(9 words)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesacknowledgmentadmissiondetermineremphatic determinerhavehave gotholdmodifierownershippossessionpossessive adjective
More specific
16 entriesadmissionassetsbelongingsconfessionherher ownhishis ownlandmymy ownone's ownpropertytheir ownyouryour own
Collocations
14 entriesown belongingsown businessown carown decisionown equipmentown homeown houseown ideaown ideasown nameown paceown possessionsown propertyown room
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- erken verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- toegee verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νομίζω verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Estonian
3 entries- omistama verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- tunnistama verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- tunnustama verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Finnish
1 entries- tunnustaa verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
German
2 entries- eingestehen verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- zugeben verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Russian
1 entries- признава́ть verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Spanish
2 entries- admitir verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- reconocer verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Swedish
3 entries- erkänna verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- tillstå verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- vidgå verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
Source: tatoeba (1799)
Most people only want to hear their own truth.
Source: tatoeba (1922)
Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
Source: tatoeba (2262)
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