own
/əʊn/ adjective, pronoun, determinerTranslation
› belonging to or done by a particular person or thing
kendi, kendisi, kendine
It was my own idea. Each student has their own dictionary. Petra makes all her own clothes. "Is that your mum's car?" "No, it's my own (= it belongs to me)."17802149 of your own › belonging to someone or something
sadece kendisine ait
I'll have a home of my own (= home belonging only to me) someday.17802149 (all) on your own › alone
kendi başına, yalnız başına, yalnız
Jessica lives on her own.647 › If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people. tek başına, yardımsız, hiç kimseden yardım almadan
She's raised three kids on her own.2314come into your/its own › to be very useful or successful
çok faydalı/başarılı olmak
By the 1970s, Abrams was starting to come into his own as a soloist.1848get your own back (on sb) UK › to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you
öcünü/intikamını almak
He made me cry, but I got my own back when I stamped on his toy cars.1040hold your own › to be as successful as other people or things
başkaları kadar başarılı olmak
She could always hold her own in political debates.1842(Definition of own adjectivepronoundeterminer from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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