proprietary

CEFRC1

/pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Owned by a person or company and not freely available.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

Examples

  • The only functional drivers for this hardware are proprietary.

  • I never use proprietary software.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Owning something; having ownership.

  2. Of or relating to property or ownership.

  3. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

More examples

In context

  • The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.

  • Our software is proprietary.

  • proprietary rights

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The company uses a blank software system that only they can modify.

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Origin

adjective

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).