behaviour
English
Noun
(en noun)
The way a living creature behaves or acts.
- She can’t stop the strange behaviour because she has OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder).
* 2014 , A teacher, ” Choosing a primary school: a teacher’s guide for parents “, The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- Teachers will probably be on their best behaviour for your visit – but don’t be upset if they don’t even notice you; they’ve got enough going on.
The way a device or system operates.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to “behaviour” include: human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggressive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive.
Derived terms
* human behaviour
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property
English
Noun
Something that is owned.
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*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings
, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.}}
A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
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Real estate; the business of selling houses.
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The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance
, passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston , magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine
, passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo”, meaning ”vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
(label) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.
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An object used in a dramatic production.
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(label) Propriety; correctness.
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Synonyms
* (something owned) belongings, owndom, possession
* (piece of real estate) land, parcel
* (attribute or abstract quality of an object) attribute, feature, owndom
* (object used in a dramatic production) prop
* See also
* See also
Derived terms
* abandoned property
* accidental property
* bound property
* chemical property
* country property
* essential property
* hot property
* intellectual property
* lost property
* man of property
* mechanical property
* metaproperty
* mislaid property
* personal property
* physical property
* private property
* prop
* propertied
* property file
* property ladder
* property law
* property line
* property man
* property master
* property owner
* property porn
* property rights
* property tax
* propertyless
* public property
* qualified property
* real property
Verb
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
- (Shakespeare)
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
* Shakespeare
- They have here propertied me.
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