Master the word combinations used when discussing code ownership, responsibility, and stewardship in English. These collocations appear in engineering docs, CODEOWNERS files, and team charters.
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After the team restructure, we need to ___ ownership of the legacy payment module to the new fintech squad.
We 'hand over ownership' in team and project management English. 'Hand over' is the standard phrasal verb for transferring responsibility formally. 'Transfer ownership' is also correct in formal writing. 'Give ownership' is less idiomatic in professional contexts.
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No one is sure who ___ the authentication service — we need to update the CODEOWNERS file.
We say a team or person 'owns' a service or module. 'Own' in this context means to have primary responsibility for maintaining code. This is the standard technical collocation: 'own the service', 'own the module', 'own the codebase'. GitHub's CODEOWNERS file formalises this.
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The team decided to ___ shared ownership of the core library rather than assigning it to one squad.
We 'establish shared ownership' in organisational and technical communication. 'Establish' collocates well with abstract arrangements and policies: establish ownership, establish a process, establish norms. 'Set up shared ownership' is also natural, especially in spoken discussion.
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If no one takes ___ for a module, it will gradually accumulate technical debt.
We 'take ownership' in professional English — a key collocation meaning to accept responsibility proactively. While 'take responsibility' is also correct, 'take ownership' is the dominant idiom in agile and engineering culture. It implies initiative, not just accountability.
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We should ___ a clear ownership model before we migrate the monolith to microservices.
We 'define a model' in architecture and planning. 'Define' is the standard verb for formally establishing a structure or framework: define a model, define boundaries, define ownership. 'Build a model' works in data science, but for organisational structures, 'define' is more precise.