noun · neutral
property
UK/ˈprɒpəti/US/ˈprɑːpərti/PRO·per·ty
a building or area of land, or something owned by someone; real estate.
Examples
“They decided to sell the property and move closer to work.”
“Property prices in the city have gone up in the last five years.”
“He inherited a small property by the coast.”
Band 8 sentence
“The local council needs to introduce measures to cool the overheated property market and make housing more accessible for young families.”
Collocations
- buy/sell property
- property prices
- property market
Word family
Common mistakes
I have two property.→I have two properties.
Property mean the characteristic of an object.→A property of the material is its characteristic.
Say it for a higher band
5place→6building→7+property
Synonyms
real estate
Easily confused
estate
“They inherited the family estate on the outskirts of the town.”
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