PROPER
\pɹˈɒpə], \pɹˈɒpə], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_p_ə]\
Definitions of PROPER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job"
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limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"
By Princeton University
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having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job"
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limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
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Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
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Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
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Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
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Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
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Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
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Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
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Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
By Oddity Software
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Fit or suitable; correct; as, proper language; appropriate; as, proper dress; relating to the nature of a certain person or thing; as, a proper noun: opposite to common; peculiar.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One's own: naturally or essentially belonging: peculiar: belonging to only one of a species (as a name): natural: suitable: correct: just: right: becoming: (B.) comely, pretty.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Fit; becoming; correct.
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Naturally belonging to a person or thing; one's own.
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Belonging, as a name, to a single individual.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Fit; suitable; agreeing; correct; becoming; decent; such as should be; peculiar; not common; pert. to one only of a species; in gram., applied to such names as John Smith, London, Edinburgh, as opposed to man, city; in astron., the real motion of the sun and stars, as opposed to their apparent motion.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
