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property
What does property mean?
property (noun): something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use property in a sentence?
- That hat is my property. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- He is a man of property. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce property?
/ˈpɹɑpɚti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does property come from?
From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of property?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “property” mean?
a great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity
Not quite: that's what interest means.
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
Right! That's what “property” means.
one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially
Not quite: that's what host means.
the judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation
Not quite: that's what opinion means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “property”?
department
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difference
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population
Not quite: population means something else.
belongings
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