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proprietary

pro·pri·e·tar·y
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee]
    • /prəˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr i/
    • /prəˈpraɪə.tər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee]
    • /prəˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr i/

Definitions of proprietary word

  • adjective proprietary belonging to a proprietor. 1
  • adjective proprietary being a proprietor; holding property: the proprietary class. 1
  • adjective proprietary pertaining to property or ownership: proprietary wealth. 1
  • adjective proprietary belonging or controlled as property. 1
  • adjective proprietary (of a brand name, product, service, formula, etc.) protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark: proprietary drugs; a proprietary name; a proprietary logo; a proprietary blend of ingredients. 1
  • adjective proprietary privately owned and operated for profit: proprietary hospitals. 1
See all 39 definitions of proprietary

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Origin of proprietary

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin proprietārius owner, noun use of Late Latin: of an owner, of ownership. See propriety, -ary

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Parts of speech for Proprietary

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Proprietary

proprietary popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

proprietary usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for proprietary

noun proprietary

  • catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
  • counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
  • countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
  • freehold — a town in E New Jersey: battle of Monmouth courthouse 1778.

adjective proprietary

  • copyrighted — Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
All 12 Synonyms of proprietary

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    a person, as an artist or writer, who exploits, for money, his or her creative ability or training in the production of dull, unimaginative, and trite work; one who produces banal and mediocre work in the hope of gaining commercial success in the arts: As a painter, he was little more than a hack.

  • prop

    to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.

  • proprietary colony

    any of certain colonies, as Maryland and Pennsylvania, that were granted to an individual or group by the British crown and that were granted full rights of self-government.

  • service mark

    a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.

  • trademark

    any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate specific goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is proprietary and is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner or licensee.
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