Definitions for proper

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proper prop·er

Spelling: [prop-er]

IPA: /ˈprɒp ər/

Proper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in proper (eopprr).

Definitions for proper

noun

1. Ecclesiastical. a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.

adverb

1. Informal. thoroughly; completely.

adjective

1. adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable:
2. conforming to established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous:
3. fitting; right:
4. strictly belonging or applicable:
5. belonging or pertaining exclusively or distinctly to a person, thing, or group.
6. strict; accurate.
7. in the strict sense of the word (usually used postpositively):
8. Grammar. (of a name, noun, or adjective) designating a particular person or thing and written in English with an initial capital letter, as Joan, Chicago, Monday, American. having the force or function of a proper name:
9. normal or regular.
10. belonging to oneself or itself; own.
11. Chiefly British Informal. complete or thorough:
12. Ecclesiastical. used only on a particular day or festival:
13. Heraldry. (of a device) depicted in its natural colors:
14. Informal. excellent; capital; fine. good-looking or handsome.
15. Mathematics. (of a subset of a set) not equal to the whole set.
16. Archaic. of good character; respectable.

Origin of proper

1250-1300; Middle English propre Old French Latin proprius one's own

Examples for proper

But those incidents are due to mistakes and leaks, not proper fracking procedures.

HALL is a landsman, and therefore the proper man to send in search of land.

A portrait of him was done once in which the collar point was made to sit in its proper place.

We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.

She only felt that to feel it was the beautiful and proper thing.

He could deliver a quick, effective speech, or hold a proper press conference.

And why may I not think that I am now put upon a proper exercise of it?

Many such instances might be adduced if this were the proper occasion.

He ought to get her a proper servant and a man for the garden and the bath chair.

proper use could lead to weight loss and reduction in gastric reflux.