property
To invest with properties, or qualitiesTo invest with properties, or qualities.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)To invest with properties, or qualities.
(obsolete)To make a property of; to appropriate.
Examples
567 sentencesTom has a lot of property.
Том має багато майна. — deniko
Tom has lots of property.
Том має багато майна. — deniko
ruУ Тома много собственности. — odexed
I planted various fruit trees on my property three years ago.
Я посадив різні фруктові дерева на своїй території три роки тому. — deniko
This is my property.
Це моя власність. — deniko
ruЭто моя собственность. — odexed
deDas ist mein Eigentum. — Adelpa
This is private property.
Це приватна власність. — deniko
ruЭто частная собственность. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman anFrom 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
properties, propertying, propertied, propertied| Base form | property · to property |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | properties |
| Present participle | propertying |
| Past simple | propertied |
| Past participle | propertied |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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
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