Sekirov Dictionary

proper

UK /ˈpɹɒpə/US /ˈpɹɑpɚ/

adjective23

  1. right or suitable for the purpose or the situation
  2. Suitable.
  3. Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous.
  4. Excellent, of high quality; such as the specific person or thing should ideally be. (Now often merged with later senses.)
  5. [after a noun] In the strict sense; within the strict definition or core (of a specified place, taxonomic order, idea, etc).
  6. Accurate, strictly applied.
  7. [after a noun] In the very strictest sense of the word.
  8. Including only the core areas while excluding surrounding suburbs.
  9. (informal) Utter, complete.
  10. Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter.
  11. Possessed, related.
  12. Pertaining exclusively to a specific thing or person; particular.
  13. Belonging to oneself or itself; own.
  14. Being strictly part of some other thing (not necessarily explicitly mentioned, but of definitional importance), and not being the thing itself.
  15. Attractive, elegant.
  16. Such that the preimage of every compact set is compact.
  17. Continuous, mapping closed sets to closed sets, and such that the preimage of every point is compact.
  18. Separated, of finite type, and universally closed.
  19. Such that unique morphism from the variety to k is proper (as above).
  20. Portrayed in natural or usual coloration, as opposed to conventional tinctures.
  21. Eigen-; designating a function or value which is an eigenfunction or eigenvalue.
  22. Such that every closed ball is compact.
  23. Not being a set.

adverb2

  1. (UK, informal) properly; thoroughly; completely.
  2. (informal, nonstandard) properly.

noun2

  1. A part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date.
  2. (no longer used) Something set apart for a special use.
forms

propers · more proper · properer · most proper · properest

Phrases with proper

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