ownership B2 Topic:Law & Government US /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ UK /ˈəʊnəʃɪp/ See IPA manual Freq #11217 Meanings 1 noun The fact of owning something; legal possession. Ownership of the house passed to her son after the will was read. 2 noun Taking responsibility for or control of something. The new manager took ownership of the failing project. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the fact of owning... possession More owndomproprietorshippropriety ↔ Opposites nonownershipnonpossession Word family Derived forms antiownershipco-ownershipcross-ownershiphomeownershipinterownershipmulti-ownershipnonownership Common collocations employee ownership Noun + noun Etymology From owner + -ship. Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ownership **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈəʊnəʃɪp/ **Frequency rank:** 11217 ## Meanings 1. The fact of owning something; legal possession. 2. Taking responsibility for or control of something. ## Examples - Ownership of the house passed to her son after the will was read. - The new manager took ownership of the failing project. ## Synonyms - owndom - possession - proprietorship - propriety ## Antonyms - nonownership - nonpossession ## Derived Forms - antiownership - co-ownership - cross-ownership - homeownership - interownership - multi-ownership - nonownership ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: -ship - state ## Etymology From owner + -ship. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown