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# property

«property» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thing or things that belong to someone: «this pen is my…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (property, properties)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A property is a thing or things that belong to someone: «this pen is my property». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#m1)

2) A property is a house, building or piece of land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#m2)

3) A property is a quality something has, like being hard, soft, shiny or magnetic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#m3)

4) In maths, a property is a rule that is always true, like 2 + 3 = 3 + 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a rule of numbers (the order of adding does not change the sum) or land and houses owned; in science: the properties of materials (hard, bendy, waterproof, transparent); in maths: properties of shapes (number of sides, right angles); in everyday life: respect other people's property; phrases: «lost property», «private property», «properties of materials»

### examples

- Use the property of adding to check 8 + 5 = 5 + 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x1)
- The property has 3 houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x2)
- The farm property is 40 acres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x3)
- Which property shows 3 × 4 = 4 × 3? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x4)
- A property of glass is that it is transparent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x5)
- Check the lost property box for your jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x6)
- The sign says «Private property, keep out». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x7)
- One property of a square is that all four sides are equal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x8)
- Metal has the property of letting electricity pass through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x9)
- I appoint the tiger as guard over my property. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/#x10)

### note

As a rule it names a law of numbers; as land it is a story word. Adding and multiplying can be done in any order; taking away and dividing cannot (8 − 5 is not 5 − 8). Plural: properties (y → ies).

### In the corpora

- ["Collateral damage" is official military language for ordinary people killed or property destroyed by accident in an attack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/8/)
- [Damaging property in a prank means someone must clean or pay for it, and it can be a crime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/204-pranks/23/)
- [Never damage property in a prank; someone has to clean or pay for it, and it can be a crime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/18/)
- [Never damage property in a prank; someone has to clean or pay for it, and it can be a crime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/11/)
- [Never damage property in a prank; someone has to clean or pay for it, and it can be a crime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «property» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/property/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.