Past tense of own
regular verb
The past tense of own is owned. The past participle is also owned.
Forms of own
| Base form (V1) | own /əʊn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | owned /əʊnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | owned /əʊnd/ |
| Present participle | owning /ˈəʊnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | owns /əʊnz/ |
Owned in a sentence
- And they almost regretted—though none of them would have owned to such callousness—that their father was soon coming back.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
- He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.From the entry face
- He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.From the entry which
- She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.From the entry mistress
- He had to impawn everything he owned just to pay his rent.From the entry impawn
Meaning of own
- adjective Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- adjective Not shared.
- adjective Peculiar, domestic.
Questions about the past tense of own
- What is the past tense of own?
- The past tense of own is owned.
- What is the past participle of own?
- The past participle of own is owned.
- Is own a regular or irregular verb?
- Own is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: own (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of own.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/own. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.