how to pronounce own

/ˈoʊn/

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own is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of own in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we are on our own so you basically are …”

meaning of own

Own means to have possession of something.

own frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word own occurs in english on average 731.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics own can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that own can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;