{
    "term": "property",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing or things that are owned by somebody; a possession or possessions",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**personal/stolen property**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This building is government property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be careful not to damage other people's property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The market was known as a place where people disposed of stolen property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Masked men broke in and made off with a lot of valuable property."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["personal", "private", "common"],
                "verb + property": ["protect", "dispose of", "confiscate"],
                "property + noun": ["rights"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be the exclusive property of somebody",
                    "be the sole property of somebody"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "land and buildings",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The price of property has risen enormously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A sign indicates that it is now **private property**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**commercial/residential property**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**property prices/values/taxes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **property developer/owner**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**property development/investment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slump in the **property market**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The storms caused millions of pounds worth of **property damage**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does it feel to be a woman of property?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students are not allowed on school property outside school hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are living in rented property."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["freehold", "leasehold", "adjacent"],
                "verb + property": ["hold", "own", "acquire"],
                "property + noun": ["market", "prices", "values"],
                "phrases": ["a man of property", "a woman of property"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a building or buildings and the surrounding land",
            "labels": "(formal)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)especially British Englishespecially North American English(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English also)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **own/buy/purchase/acquire/sell a property**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**rental/investment properties**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are a lot of empty properties in the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Once the tenants have left, the property will be put on the market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The property was valued at $750 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They decided to rent out the property while they were abroad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have a potential buyer who wants to view the property."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["freehold", "leasehold", "adjacent"],
                "verb + property": ["hold", "own", "acquire"],
                "property + noun": ["market", "prices", "values"],
                "phrases": ["a man of property", "a woman of property"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a quality or characteristic that something has",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Compare the physical properties of the two substances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a plant with medicinal properties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The substance has properties similar to those of plastic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The difference occurs because of local variation in soil properties."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["biological", "chemical", "electrical"],
                "verb + property": ["have", "possess", "display"],
                "phrases": ["have properties similar to something"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒpəti/",
                "audio": "pr/property/property__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːpərti/",
                "audio": "pr/property/property__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas, from proprius ‘one's own, particular’."
}