Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.).

    Eigentum, Besitz

    иму́ществоimúščestvo, со́бственностьsóbstvennostʹ, доброdobro

    вла́сністьvlásnistʹ, майно́majnó

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

  2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

    There is a large house on the property.

    He owns over ten properties in the country.

  3. (UK, countable, uncountable)Real estate; the business of selling houses.

    He works in property as a housing consultant.

    Anwesen, Grundbesitz, Grundstück

    недви́жимостьnedvížimostʹ, со́бственностьsóbstvennostʹ

    нерухо́містьneruxómistʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

    Eigentum

    со́бственностьsóbstvennostʹ, пра́во со́бственностиprávo sóbstvennosti

    власністьvlasnistʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable)An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

    Charm is his most endearing property.

    Eigenschaft

    сво́йствоsvójstvo, ка́чествоkáčestvo, черта́čertá

    власти́вістьvlastývistʹ, я́кістьjákistʹ

  6. (countable, uncountable)An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

    Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.

    Eigenschaft

    сво́йствоsvójstvo

    властивістьvlastyvistʹ

  7. (countable, uncountable)An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (object-oriented programming) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.

    You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".

    Eigenschaft

    сво́йствоsvójstvo

  8. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

    Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.

    Requisit

    реквізитrekvizyt

  9. (US, countable, uncountable)A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.

  10. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.

    (US, broadly, countable, rare, uncountable)A produced stage play, movie, or the like.

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

  11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Propriety; correctness.

Examples

567 sentences
  1. Tom has a lot of property.

    Том має багато майна. — deniko

  2. Tom has lots of property.

    Том має багато майна. — deniko

    ruУ Тома много собственности. — odexed

  3. I planted various fruit trees on my property three years ago.

    Я посадив різні фруктові дерева на своїй території три роки тому. — deniko

  4. This is my property.

    Це моя власність. — deniko

    ruЭто моя собственность. — odexed

    deDas ist mein Eigentum. — Adelpa

  5. This is private property.

    Це приватна власність. — deniko

    ruЭто частная собственность. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 6
something owned:
piece of real estate:
exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing:
attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept:
an attribute characteristic of a class of objects:
an object used in a dramatic production:
Русский
By meaning 4
something owned:
piece of real estate:
exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing:
attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
something owned:
piece of real estate:
attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept:
an object used in a dramatic production:

Origin

From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman an

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.

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Forms

plural: properties

Synonyms

14 synonyms
attribute or abstract quality of an object:characteristicB1
Close in meaning
  • any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie:prop
  • a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished:attributedimension
  • something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone:belongingsholding
  • any area set aside for a particular purpose:place

Word family

61 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • lot of property
  • owned property in
  • all his property
  • some property in
  • owned property
  • any property in
  • of property in
  • on his property
  • some property
  • any property

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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