PROPERTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does property mean? 

• PROPERTY (noun)
  The noun PROPERTY has 5 senses:

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

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

3. any area set aside for a particular purpose

4. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

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

  Familiarity information: PROPERTY used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPERTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

belongings; holding; property

Context example:

he is a man of property

Hypernyms ("property" is a kind of...):

possession (anything owned or possessed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property"):

trust (something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))

stockholding; stockholdings (a specific number of stocks or shares owned)

heirloom ((law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance)

estate (everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities)

wealth (property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value)

public property (property owned by a government)

trade-in (an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one)

lease; letting; rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)

church property; spirituality; spiritualty (property or income owned by a church)

shareholding (a holding in the form of shares of corporations)

salvage (property or goods saved from damage or destruction)

landholding (a holding in the form of land)

commonage (property held in common)

immovable; real estate; real property; realty (property consisting of houses and land)

things (any movable possession (especially articles of clothing))

personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))

community property (property and income belonging jointly to a married couple)

intellectual property (intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights))

hereditament (any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited)

ratables; rateables (property that provides tax income for local governments)

worldly belongings; worldly goods; worldly possessions (all the property that someone possesses)

material possession; tangible possession (property or belongings that are tangible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

a study of the physical properties of atomic particles

Hypernyms ("property" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property"):

physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)

analyticity (the property of being analytic)

chemical property (a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity)

sustainability (the property of being sustainable)

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

concentration (the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume)

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

temporal property (a property relating to time)

viability ((of living things) capable of normal growth and development)

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)

size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))

hydrophobicity (the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water)

compositeness (the property of being a composite number)

primality (the property of being a prime number)

selectivity (the property of being selective)

vascularity (the property being vascular)

extension (the ability to raise the working leg high in the air)

solubility; solvability (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve)

insolubility; unsolvability (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve)

edibility; edibleness (the property of being fit to eat)

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

actinism (the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects)

isotropy; symmetry ((physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions)

anisotropy (the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions)

characteristic; device characteristic (any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)

connectivity (the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections)

duality; wave-particle duality ((physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory)

genetic endowment; heredity (the total of inherited attributes)

age (how long something has existed)

fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)

composition; constitution; make-up; makeup; physical composition (the way in which someone or something is composed)

body; consistence; consistency; substance (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)

disposition (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing)

feel; tactile property (a property perceived by touch)

optics (optical properties)

visual property (an attribute of vision)

aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)

sound property (an attribute of sound)

fullness; mellowness; richness (the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing)

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

saltiness (the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any area set aside for a particular purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

place; property

Context example:

the president was concerned about the property across from the White House

Hypernyms ("property" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property"):

hatchery (a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs))

sanctuary (a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept)

colony (a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated)

boatyard (a place where boats are built or maintained or stored)

center; centre (a place where some particular activity is concentrated)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

attribute; dimension; property

Context example:

self-confidence is not an endearing property

Hypernyms ("property" is a kind of...):

concept; conception; construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property"):

character; lineament; quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)

characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

feature; feature of speech ((linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

prop; property

Context example:

before every scene he ran down his checklist of props

Hypernyms ("property" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property"):

custard pie (a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies)

Holonyms ("property" is a part of...):

mise en scene; setting; stage setting (arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted)

 Context examples 

And there was no settlement of the little property—the house and garden—the what's-its-name Rookery without any rooks in it—upon her boy?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The sodium salt of methotrexate, an antimetabolite with antineoplastic and immunomodulating properties.

(Methotrexate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

White Fang remained on the Yukon, the property of a man more than half mad and all brute.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Had life been wrecked as well as property?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is a family living, Miss Morland; and the property in the place being chiefly my own, you may believe I take care that it shall not be a bad one.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I put it to your conscience, whether 'Sir Edmund' would not do more good with all the Bertram property than any other possible 'Sir.'

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A synthetic corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties.

(Methylprednisolone, NCI Thesaurus)

I cannot make her attend to the value of the property.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

When their size changes, their properties also change.

(Materials for the next generation of electronics and photovoltaics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

You seem to be thinking quite a bit about your home or other property you might own.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)