Property Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms
    • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3.3 Related terms
    • 1.3.4 Translations
  • 1.4 Statistics

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɒ.pə(ɹ).ti/
• (US) enPR: prŏpʹərtēˌ, IPA: [ˈpɹɑpɚtiː]

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• Hyphenation: prop‧erty

Etymology

From Middle English /Anglo-Norman proprete < Middle French propreté < Old French propriete (modern propriété), itself < Latin proprietas < proprius 'own'.

Noun

property (countable and uncountable; plural properties)

1. Something that is owned.

   Leave those books alone! They are my property.

2. 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.).

3. real estate; the business of selling houses.

   He works in property as a housing consultant.

4. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
5. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

   Charm is his most endearing property

6. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

   Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.

7. (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".

8. (usually in the plural, theater) An object used in a dramatic production

   Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: York · impossible · greatest · #740: property · started · respect · that's

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