Proper

Meaning

Adj

●

Suitable.

Suited or

;

, suitable.

Following the

;

or decorous.

●

In Grammar:

Possessed, related.

Used to

designate

a particular person, place, or

. Proper

are usually

with an

letter.

●

Possessed, related.

Pertaining

exclusively

to a specific

thing

or person; particular.

In the

; within the

(of a

place,

order,

, etc).

Belonging

to oneself

or itself; own.

●

In Heraldry:

Possessed, related.

Portrayed in natural or

tinctures.

●

In Mathematics:

Possessed, related.

Being

part of some other

(not

, but of

), and not being

itself.

●

In Mathematics & Physics:

Possessed, related.

Eigen-;

designating

function

or value which is an

eigenfunction

or eigenvalue.

●

Accurate,

strictly

applied.

Excellent, of high quality; such as the specific person or

should

be. (Now often

with

senses.)

In the very

strictest

sense

of the word.

Utter, complete.

●

In Regional English:

Accurate,

strictly

applied.

Attractive, elegant.

Adv

●

In British English:

properly;

thoroughly

; completely.

●

properly.

Noun

●

Something

set apart

for

a special

use.

●

In Christianity:

A part of the Christian

liturgy

that

varies

according to

the date.

Name

●

A surname.

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Wiktionary

Origin

proper

English

proper

Anglo-Norman

Sourced from

Etym

Synonyms

Antonyms

Rhymes

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