proprietary

brevettato, esclusivo

Creato da un’azienda che ne detiene i diritti legali esclusivi.

In inglese semplice: Made or developed by a company that holds the exclusive legal rights to it.

• The company uses a proprietary formula.
• Their proprietary technology makes the batteries last longer.
• Several manufacturers license this proprietary process.

Sinonimi: patented, exclusive

Espressioni comuni: proprietary technology, proprietary formula, proprietary product

proprietario

Controllato da una sola organizzazione e diverso da uno standard condiviso.

In inglese semplice: Controlled by one organization and different from a shared standard.

• The file uses a proprietary format.
• This proprietary extension only works in one browser.
• Can the program read documents from proprietary systems?

Sinonimi: closed, vendor-specific

Contrari: open, standard

Espressioni comuni: proprietary format, proprietary software, proprietary extension

di proprietà

Relativo al diritto legale di possedere qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Connected with the legal right to own something.

• The agreement protects her proprietary rights.
• He has a proprietary interest in the land.
• The court examined their proprietary claims to the assets.

Sinonimi: proprietorial

Espressioni comuni: proprietary rights, proprietary interest, proprietary claim

proprietario

Che possiede beni o appartiene a un gruppo di proprietari.

In inglese semplice: Owning property or belonging to a group of property owners.

• The proprietary class owned much of the land.
• Proprietary families controlled several large estates.
• The reforms reduced the influence of the proprietary elite.

Sinonimi: property-owning

Espressioni comuni: proprietary class, proprietary families

privato

Che appartiene a un privato o a un’azienda.

In inglese semplice: Owned by a private person or company.

• The village had a proprietary chapel.
• Access to the proprietary lake required the owner’s permission.
• The report compared public and proprietary hospitals.

Sinonimi: privately owned, private

Contrari: public

Espressioni comuni: proprietary hospital, proprietary chapel, proprietary lake

possessivo, geloso

Che considera qualcuno o qualcosa suo e non vuole che altri vi abbiano rapporti.

In inglese semplice: Showing that you consider someone or something yours and dislike others having a connection with them.

• He spoke with a proprietary air.
• She gave her partner a proprietary smile.
• He became surprisingly proprietary about the shared garden.

Come si usa: proprietary about someone/something (She was proprietary about her collection.)

Sinonimi: possessive, territorial

Espressioni comuni: proprietary air, proprietary attitude, proprietary interest