owned

«owned» in Mova's school dictionary: the past form of own: it was yours before — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb past and past participle (own, owns, owned, owning); adjective (owned — in «family-owned»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Owned is the past form of own: it was yours before. tree →

2) Owned (by) tells who something belongs to: «a shop owned by my uncle», «family-owned». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: what someone had earlier, before a change; the starting amount. In everyday life: «the house is owned by…», «a family-owned farm». In history and stories: «the castle was once owned by a king».

examples

• He owned 12 marbles before the game. tree →
• She owned 4 cats last year. tree →
• The farmer owned 30 cows. tree →
• The bakery is owned by a family. tree →
• The old castle was once owned by a duke. tree →
• Who owned this dog before? tree →
• He has owned that bike for three years. tree →
• Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and the other only one. tree →

note

Gives the starting amount in the past; later changes are added or taken away. Trap: the amount someone «owned» may not be what they have now. «Has owned» means from the past up to now, so he still owns it. Silent «w»: sounds like «oned».

In the corpora

• At bedtime he owned up and said sorry for lying to her face.
• Leo owned up, said sorry, and read the paper aloud to Grandad every morning until the new glasses came.
• Leo glanced at the test answers on her desk, then owned up to the teacher and took the test again.
• She owned up; he changed his code and would not lend her anything for weeks.
• Ben ate the sweets saved for the Sunday school prize, then owned up and brought a new bag from his pocket money.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «owned» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.