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property.

Something that is owned.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti/General-American, dialectal[ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ɾi]General-American, dialectal/ˈpɹɒp.ɚ.ti/Canada, dialectal
  1. Something that is owned.

    countable · uncountable
    Leave those books alone! They are my property.
    Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).
  2. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

    countable · uncountable
    There is a large house on the property.
    He owns over ten properties in the country.
  3. Real estate; the business of selling houses.

    UK · countable · uncountable
    He works in property as a housing consultant.
  4. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

    countable · uncountable
  5. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

    countable · uncountable
    Charm is his most endearing property.
  6. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

    countable · uncountable
    Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
  7. An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (object-oriented programming) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.

    countable · uncountable
    You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
  8. A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

    countable · plural-normally · uncountable
    Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.
  9. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.

    US · countable · uncountable
  10. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like. A produced stage play, movie, or the like.

    US · broadly · countable · rare · uncountable
  11. Propriety; correctness.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”). Equivalent to proper + -ty. Doublet of propriety.

verb/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti/General-American, dialectal[ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ɾi]General-American, dialectal/ˈpɹɒp.ɚ.ti/Canada, dialectal
  1. To invest with properties, or qualities.

    obsolete
  2. To make a property of; to appropriate.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”). Equivalent to proper + -ty. Doublet of propriety.

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