Property Meaning
/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomething that is owned.
nounA piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
Sentence Examples
Few rich men own their own property.
The fire deprived us of our property.
An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A key ____ of gold is that it does not rust or tarnish.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The developer purchased the ____ with the intention of converting it into luxury apartments.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared."
— 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
"Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer."
— 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
"Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work."
— 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
"it is well knowne that I have the property to keepe counsaile"
— 1625, William Camden, translated by Abraham Darcie/Darcy, Annales Or, The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth Late Queen of England:
"His voyce was propertied
As all the tuned Spheres, and that to Friends"
— c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A key ____ of gold is that it does not rust or tarnish.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The developer purchased the ____ with the intention of converting it into luxury apartments.