Meaning of 'proper'

Meaning of 'proper' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Proper

[ a.]

- Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
- Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
- 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.
- Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
- 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.
- Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
- Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.

2. Proper

[ adv.]

- Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.

Meaning of 'proper' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. proper

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

Example in sentence:

proper manners;
proper medical treatment

2. proper

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

Example in sentence:

everything in its proper place;
she is not suitable for the position;
the right man for the job

Meaning (3):
- limited to the thing specified

Example in sentence:

his claim is connected with the deed proper;
the city proper

Meaning (4):
- having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

Example in sentence:

he finally has a proper job;
wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack

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Meaning of 'proper' (Webster Dictionary)

Meaning of 'proper' (Princeton's WordNet)

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