Sekirov Dictionary

property

UK /ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/US /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti/

noun 11
verb 2
forms 3

noun11

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the things that belong to someone, such as their clothes or their car
- 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.).
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A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
- There is a large house on the property.
- He owns over ten properties in the country.
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An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
- Charm is his most endearing property.
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An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
- Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
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(UK) Real estate; the business of selling houses.
- He works in property as a housing consultant.
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An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (object-oriented programming) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.
- You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
(US) 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.
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(US, rare) A produced stage play, movie, or the like.
- Is the property in which you are playing currently on Broadway – is it a musical? — 1961
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[usually plural] A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
- Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.
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(no longer used) Propriety; correctness.
- it is well knowne that I have the property to keepe counsaile — 1625

verb2

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(no longer used) To make a property of; to appropriate.
- Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back: I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument, To any sovereign state throughout the world. — 1596
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(no longer used) To invest with properties, or qualities.
- His voyce was propertied As all the tuned Spheres, and that to Friends — 1606

forms

propertied · propertying · properties

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