Proper Adjective ˈprɒpə(R ˈprɑːpər Discussion Voting Follow Procedures

• we should have had a proper discussion before voting.
• please follow the proper procedures for dealing with complaints.
• manufacturers provide these directions to indicate the proper use of their products
• it is vital that they're given the proper training.

proper

1. right, appropriate or correct; according to the rules
• We should have had a proper discussion before voting.
• Please follow the proper procedures for dealing with complaints.
• Manufacturers provide these directions to indicate the proper use of their products
• It is vital that they're given the proper training.
• The Government is failing to deliver proper care and treatment to people with dementia.
• Nothing is in its proper place.
• He is never referred to by his proper name in the play.
2. that you consider to be real and of a good enough standard
• I haven't had a proper meal in days.
• Eat some proper food, not just toast and jam!
• When are you going to get a proper job?
3. socially and morally acceptable
• OPPOSITE improper
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• It is right and proper that parents take responsibility for their children's attendance at school.
• The development was planned without proper regard to the interests of local people.
• He is always perfectly proper in his behaviour.

Extra Examples

• It seemed proper to pay tribute to her in this way.
• It was not considered proper for young ladies to go out alone.
• She has a reputation for being prim and proper.
• The tribunal decided that his actions were entirely proper.
• I'll do whatever I think proper.
4. according to the most exact meaning of the word
• The celebrations proper always begin on the last stroke of midnight.
5. complete
• We're in a proper mess now.
6. belonging to a particular type of thing; natural in a particular situation or place
• They should be treated with the dignity proper to all individuals created by God.
7. completely; to the greatest extent possible
• That's messed things up good and proper.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French propre, from Latin proprius ‘one's own, special’.