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of one's own

of one's own prepositional phrase: belonging to oneself and to nobody else.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Belonging to oneself and to nobody else.
    • I've always wanted a room of my own.
    • He has no will of his own.

Words formed from of one's own

Questions about of one's own

What does of one's own mean?
Of one's own means belonging to oneself and to nobody else.
What part of speech is of one's own?
Of one's own is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of one's own in the dictionary

  1. of old
  2. of one mind
  3. of one's choice
  4. of one's choosing
  5. of one's making
  6. of one's own
  7. of one's own accord
  8. of one's own making
  9. of one's word
  10. of ours
  11. of record

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