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proprieté — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attribute noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
  • estate noun A large area of land, usually with a big house, owned by one person or family.
  • homestead noun A house along with its land and outbuildings, especially a farm.
  • ownership noun The legal right of possessing something.
  • possession noun Something that a person owns.
  • property noun Something that a person or organization owns, especially land, buildings, or possessions.

Senses

proprieté is used for these senses in English:

  • attribute (computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
  • estate (legal) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15th c.]
  • estate An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]
  • homestead The place that is one's home.
  • possession Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
  • property Something that is owned.

attribute — full definition

  1. noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
  2. noun A property or setting associated with a data object, in computing.
  3. verb To say that something is caused by or belongs to a particular source.

estate — full definition

  1. noun A large area of land, usually with a big house, owned by one person or family.
  2. noun Everything a person owns — money, property, and possessions — especially as dealt with after their death.
  3. noun British: a residential area built as a planned development, or a station wagon-style car (estate car).

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