OWNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does owned mean? 

• OWNED (adjective)
  The adjective OWNED has 1 sense:

1. having an owner; often used in combination

  Familiarity information: OWNED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OWNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an owner; often used in combination

Context example:

state-owned railways

Similar:

closely-held (owned by a relatively few shareholders)

Antonym:

unowned (having no owner)

 Context examples 

Besides, White Fang was a valuable animal, the strongest sled-dog he had ever owned, and the best leader.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Two hours later, we, our packages, and all we owned, were at the foot of the cliff.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was very much surprised at your letter, for I could not imagine how you knew that I owned such a thing.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Whoever owned it could call three times upon the Winged Monkeys, who would obey any order they were given.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Old Pierre Le Caron, who owned it, was a right good comrade, and had ever a seat and a crust for a weary archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You owned to an old admiration of her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Something more than what he owned to us must have happened.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

She owned that, considering every thing, she was not absolutely without inclination for the party.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

We forgot about it, till Teddy told me that Mr. Brooke owned that he liked Meg but didn't dare say so, she was so young and he so poor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

EXAMPLE(S): concurrent, historical, pre/post (patient owned control)

(Interventional Study Protocol Version Control Concurrency Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)