Used in a Sentence

owned

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for owned.

Editorial note

Those services as investor owned enterprises are not the problem, and and a coop is not the solution.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(in combination) Having an owner who is part of a specified group.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of owned gathered in one view.

adjective

(in combination) Having an owner who is part of a specified group.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for owned.

adjective

(in combination) Having an owner who is part of a specified group.

Example sentences

1

Those services as investor owned enterprises are not the problem, and and a coop is not the solution.

2

Investor-owned distribution would be a substantial incremental improvement over today, and it answers David Byrne's challenge to improve transparency.

3

And since these injuries are embarrassing to state-owned companies, government censorship exists to cover-up these sorts of accidents a lot.

4

Now she is the 145 champion of Invicta (an all womens league) that is basically owned by the UFC now as well.

5

We want to enable businesses to accurately measure their marketing performance against competitors and gain meaningful insights across paid, owned, and earned channels.

6

Several places near us were owned and run by people of our generation...

7

It was Spatial, owned by Dassault, near Denver, in case anyone cares.

8

But, seeing as this is a franchise and is likely owned by an Indian, I have trouble getting upset by it.

9

Mint is owned by Intuit which is the same company most all of us trust providing all our financial data to for tax purposes each year.

10

Nuclear and hydro are frequently government-owned, coal was subsidized back in the days when it got its start, there are natural monopolies involved in grid and energy distribution.

11

Planes are owned almost completely by companies 2.

12

Small correction: Heroku is owned by Salesforce.com.

Quote examples

1

As for "robust international carriers" many or most of those are state-owned.

2

I'm using "Cha-Ching 2 beta" which was abandoned some 6 years ago when Intuit bought out the company working on it but the beta still works (I owned a copy of Cha-Ching 1 from some software bundle I picked up).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use owned in a sentence?

Those services as investor owned enterprises are not the problem, and and a coop is not the solution.

What does owned mean?

(in combination) Having an owner who is part of a specified group.

What part of speech is owned?

owned is commonly used as adjective.