property

CEFRB1

/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something owned by a person or organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    A quality or feature of a substance or object.

Examples

  • An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.

  • Few rich men own their own property.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ɾi]
  • /-ti/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

  2. Real estate; the business of selling houses.

  3. Something that is owned.

More examples

In context

  • The fire deprived us of our property.

  • Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).

  • Leave those books alone! They are my property.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.