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Most common English words: York « impossible « greatest « #740: property » started » respect » that's Wikipedia has articles on: Property (disambiguation) and PropertyPronunciation
- (non-rhotic) IPA: /ˈpɹɒpəti/, (UK) IPA: [ˈpɹɒpəti]
- (rhotic) IPA: /ˈpɹɑpəɹti/, (US) IPA: [ˈpɹɑpɚtiː] Audio (US)help, file enPR: prŏpʹərtēˌ
- Hyphenation: prop‧er‧ty
Etymology
From Middle English /Anglo-Norman proprete < Middle French propreté < Old French propriete (modern propriété), itself < Latin proprietas < proprius 'own'.
Noun
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Singular property |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural properties |
property (countable and uncountable; plural properties)
- Something that is owned.
- Leave those books alone! They are my property.
- A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
- There is a large house on the property.
- Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).
- The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
- An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
- Charm is his most endearing property
- An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
- Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
- (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.
- You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
- (usually in plural, theater) An object used in a dramatic production
- Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking
Synonyms
- (something owned): belongings, possession
- (piece of real estate): land, parcel
- (attribute or abstract quality of an object): attribute, feature
- (object used in a dramatic production): prop
- See also Wikisaurus:property
- See also Wikisaurus:characteristic
Derived terms
Terms derived from "property"
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