property meaning
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WProperty
- In the abstract, property is that which belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing.
- Property that jointly belongs to more than one party may be possessed or controlled thereby in very similar or very distinct ways, whether simply or complexly, whether equally or unequally.
- The Restatement (First) of Property defines property as anything, tangible or intangible whereby a legal relationship between persons and the state enforces a possessory interest or legal title in that thing.


- NounPLpropertiesPREprop-
- Something that is owned.
- Leave those books alone! They are my property.
- Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).
- A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
- There is a large house on the property.
- Real estate; the business of selling houses.
- He works in property as a housing consultant.
- The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
- An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
- Charm is his most endearing property.
- An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
- Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
- (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.
- You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
- (usually in the plural, theater) An object used in a dramatic production.
- Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.
- OBS Propriety; correctness.
- Something that is owned.
- VerbSGpropertiesPRpropertyingPT, PPpropertied
- OBS To invest with properties, or qualities.
- OBS To make a property of; to appropriate.
- OBS To invest with properties, or qualities.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- His title to the property is of record at the county clerk's office.
- People always told me that owning property was a big turn-on for many women – a sign that a bloke has got it going on financially.
- We are especially concerned here with the question of whether certain kinds of properties associated with subjecthood are acquired prior to other kinds of properties.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- More informally: vegemite and marmite share some property.
- Psammaplins, in particular psammaplin A have demonstrated cytotoxic properties.
- Thus pharmaceutical companies have been looking for developing multitargeted therapies by either combining several monotargeted drugs or to develop drugs having multitargeting properties.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of property in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
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- Nouns
- en propertying
- en property tax
- en propertyless
- en property law
- en property porn
Source: Wiktionary