properties
PROP-ur-teez/ˈpɹɑpɚtiz/UKPROP-uh-teez/ˈpɹɒpətiz/
- 1Plural of property.
The investor sold three of her properties last year.
Scientists examined the chemical properties of the new material.
Note
Only the countable uses of property take a plural. Where property means ownership in the mass (she owns property abroad, crimes against property), the word stays singular. Once it is counted, it splits two ways: separate holdings (three properties on one street) or separate qualities (the chemical properties of a metal). Context does the sorting, and the spelling follows city and cities, with y becoming ies.
properties is a form of property
property, noun: A piece of land or real estate, often including any buildings on it. Full entry
- Forms
- propertyproperties plural
- Spelling
- property → properties: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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