сво́йство — meaning in English

English meaning

• affinity noun A natural liking, attraction, or sense of connection toward someone or something.
• attribute noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
• feature noun A distinctive or noticeable part or quality of something.
• property noun Something that a person or organization owns, especially land, buildings, or possessions.
• quality noun The overall standard or excellence of something, as opposed to how much of it there is.

Senses

сво́йство is used for these senses in English:

• affinity A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
• attribute A characteristic or quality of a thing.
• feature An important or main item.
• property An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
• property An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
• property (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (OOP) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.
• quality (countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.

affinity — full definition

1. noun A natural liking, attraction, or sense of connection toward someone or something.
2. noun A close resemblance or relationship between two things, suggesting a shared origin or type.

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.

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