property
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[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɒ.pə(ɹ).ti/
- (US) enPR: prŏpʹərtēˌ, IPA: [ˈpɹɑpɚtiː]
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: prop‧erty
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English /Anglo-Norman proprete, from Middle French propreté, from Old French propriete (modern propriété), itself, from Latin proprietas, from proprius 'own'.
[edit] Noun
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.).
- real estate; the business of selling houses.
- He works in property as a housing consultant.
- 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 the plural, theater) An object used in a dramatic production
- Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking
[edit] Synonyms
- (something owned): belongings, owndom, possession
- (piece of real estate): land, parcel
- (attribute or abstract quality of an object): attribute, feature, owndom
- (object used in a dramatic production): prop
- See also Wikisaurus:property
- See also Wikisaurus:characteristic
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Terms derived from "property"
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Terms etymologically related to "property"
[edit] Translations
something owned
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piece of real estate
exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing
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attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept
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an attribute characteristic of a class of objects
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an object used in a dramatic production
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computing: an editable parameter associated with an application, or its value
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Most common English words before 1923: York · impossible · greatest · #740: property · started · respect · that's
