property


Definition: Meaning of, property in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈprɒpəti /

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property properties
  1. [uncountable] the thing or things that someone owns
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  2. [uncountable and countable] a building, a piece of land, or both together
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  3. [countable usually plural] a quality or power that a substance, plant etc has [=  quality, characteristic]
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property used in phrases

  • bodily property (noun)
    1. an attribute of the body
  • chemical property (noun)
    1. a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity
  • church property (noun)
    1. property or income owned by a church
  • color property (noun)
    1. an attribute of color
  • colour property (noun)
    1. an attribute of colour
  • community property (noun)
    1. property that is considered to be owned equally by both a husband and wife in US law
  • intellectual property (noun)
    1. something which someone has invented or has the right to make or sell, especially something that cannot legally be copied by other people
  • lost property (noun)
    1. things that people have lost or accidentally left in a public place, which are kept until someone collects them
    2. also Lost Property a place where these things are kept until someone comes to claim them [=  lost-and-found American English]
  • olfactory property (noun)
    1. any property detected by the olfactory system
  • personal property (noun)
    1. as distinguished from real estate movable property
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