OWNS (UP TO) Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

owns (up to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of own (up to)

as in confesses

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly owned up to damaging the car

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Prue follows the advice, confesses what happened to Mac, and discovers the secret her parents have been keeping from her all along.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
With the whizbang action long in the series’ rearview, this quiet road trip proves its emotional centerpiece, as Noah confesses both his true nature and his desire to be better — the conflict of his programming.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of confesses

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Big 12 admits end-of-game error The Big 12 issued a statement acknowledging its officials erred by not allowing Notre Dame one more play when the game clock showed one second remained when CJ Carr’s incomplete pass hit the ground on the final play.

— Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The ongoing legal troubles compounded the stress the Hollywood couple was already dealing with and things almost took a really wrong turn, Mangianello admits.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of admits

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However, the company also acknowledges that people want to know if a song was created with generative AI tools.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
The City's own staff report acknowledges that its reconsideration procedures do not, on their own, authorize removing a sitting Vice Mayor.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of acknowledges

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But copying human anatomy makes the hands heavier, and LinkerBot concedes that fingertip force is modest.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

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