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property

pro·perty

UK/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/ US/ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti/ common uk us

noun

1.

any area set aside for a particular purpose

  • “who owns this place?”
  • “the president was concerned about the property across from the White House”
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2.

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

  • “that hat is my property”
  • “he is a man of property”
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3.

a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

  • “a study of the physical properties of atomic particles”
4.

a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

  • “self-confidence is not an endearing property”
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5.

any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

  • “before every scene he ran down his checklist of props”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • abandoned property
  • accidental property
  • Archimedean property
  • Bolzano-Weierstrass property
  • bound property
  • chemical property
  • Church-Rosser property
  • colligative property
  • physical property

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