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propre

Qui appartient à une personne précise ou lui est personnellement lié.

En anglais simple : Belonging to a particular person, or personally connected with them.

• I have my own car.
• She wrote about her own childhood.
• You must make your own decision.

Comment l'utiliser : possessive + own + noun (He paid with his own money.)

Expressions courantes : my own home, your own money, her own ideas

seul, sans aide

Dans « on your own », être seul ou faire quelque chose sans aide.

En anglais simple : If you are on your own, you are alone or do something without help.

• She lives on her own.
• Can you carry that box on your own?
• We were left on our own after dinner.

Comment l'utiliser : on + possessive + own (I fixed the bicycle on my own.)

Synonymes : alone, unassisted

Expressions courantes : on my own, on your own, on her own

propre, individuel

Utilisé par une seule personne, sans devoir le partager avec d’autres.

En anglais simple : Used by just one person, without having to share it with others.

• Each child has their own room.
• I'd like my own desk instead of sharing yours.
• The guests all had their own bathrooms.

Comment l'utiliser : possessive + own + noun (Each child has their own desk.)

Synonymes : private, separate, individual

Contraires : shared

Expressions courantes : my own room, their own space, her own bathroom

posséder

Être légalement propriétaire de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : If you have something that belongs to you, you legally possess it.

• They own a small house.
• My parents owned a shop for twenty years.
• Who owns the land behind the school?

Synonymes : possess, have

Expressions courantes : own a car, own a house, own a business, own property

avouer, reconnaître

Admettre qu’on a mal agi et en accepter la responsabilité.

En anglais simple : If you admit that you did something wrong, you accept responsibility for it.

• Nobody would own up.
• He finally owned up to lying.
• Will you own up to your mistake?

Comment l'utiliser : own up to something (He owned up to his mistake.); own up to doing something (She owned up to breaking the window.)

Synonymes : admit, confess, acknowledge

Contraires : deny

Expressions courantes : own up, own up to something

posséder, contrôler

Pour un pays, avoir le droit reconnu de gouverner un territoire précis.

En anglais simple : For a country to have the recognized right to rule a particular area.

• The treaty states which country owns the island.
• Both nations claimed to own the disputed territory.
• Who owns this region under the border agreement?

Synonymes : rule, control

Expressions courantes : own the territory, own the island