Meaning

20 senses
  1. Suitable.

    Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable.

    the proper time to plant potatoes

    richtig, passend, angemessen

    подходя́щийpodxodjáščij, соотве́тствующийsootvétstvujuščij, надлежа́щийnadležáščij

    підходя́щийpidxodjáščyj, нале́жнийnaléžnyj

  2. Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous.

    a very proper young lady

    richtig

    пра́вильныйprávilʹnyj

    пра́вильнийprávylʹnyj

  3. Such that the preimage of every compact set is compact.

  4. Continuous, mapping closed sets to closed sets, and such that the preimage of every point is compact.

  5. Separated, of finite type, and universally closed.

  6. Such that unique morphism from the variety to k is proper (as above).

  7. Such that every closed ball is compact.

  8. Possessed, related.

    Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter.

    Eigenname

    со́бственныйsóbstvennyj

  9. Pertaining exclusively to a specific thing or person; particular.

    1829, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection those higher and peculiar attributes […] which constitute our proper humanity

  10. (postpositional, usually)In the strict sense; within the strict definition or core (of a specified place, taxonomic order, idea, etc).

  11. Belonging to oneself or itself; own.

    proper motion — proper left — proper right

    eigen

    со́бственныйsóbstvennyj, прису́щийprisúščij

  12. Portrayed in natural or usual coloration, as opposed to conventional tinctures.

More definitions
  • appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
  • limited to the thing specified
  • marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
  • having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

Examples

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  1. I'll go get the proper forms.

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  2. We don't have the proper equipment.

    ruУ нас нет подходящего снаряжения.

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  3. I didn't follow the proper procedure.

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  4. Let's find you some proper clothes.

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  5. That's not a proper thing to say.

    ruТак не говорят.

    deSo was sagt man nicht.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
fit, suitable:
following the established standards of behavior or manners:
Русский
By meaning 7
fit, suitable:
following the established standards of behavior or manners:
grammar: designating a particular person, place or thing:
belonging to oneself or itself, own:
in the very strictest sense of the word:
complete, thorough:
informal: utter:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
fit, suitable:
grammar: designating a particular person, place or thing:
belonging to oneself or itself, own:
in the very strictest sense of the word:

Origin

From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: p

From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.

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