proper in English: Right and correct for the job or the situation. (adjective)

Translation

Right and correct for the job or the situation.

Word origin

From Old French propre, from Latin proprius, meaning belonging to oneself. What is proper is what belongs to a thing, and so what suits it.

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The "proper" place is the place they belong.

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Here "proper" means the right kind for the job.

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A "proper" meal is a real, full one, not a small snack.

right

Correct or true, or the side that is opposite the left.

correct

Having no mistakes, and so exactly right.

real

True and not made up; something that really exists.

good

Of a high quality, nice, or the way you want it to be.

appropriate

Right or suitable for the situation.

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