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    prop·er
    [ˈpräpər]
    adjective
    proper (adjective)
    1. BRITISH ENGLISH
      truly what something is said or regarded to be; genuine:
      "she's never had a proper job" · "a proper meal"
      • strictly so called; in its true form:
        "some of the dos and don'ts in espionage proper"
      • informal
        used as an intensifier, especially in derogatory contexts:
        "she looked like a proper harlot"
    2. of the required type; suitable or appropriate:
      "an artist needs the proper tools" · "they had not followed the proper procedures"
      • according to or respecting recognized social standards or conventions; respectable, especially excessively so:
        "her parents' view of what was proper for a well-bred girl" · "a very prim and proper Swiss lady"
    3. (proper to)
      belonging or relating exclusively or distinctively to; particular to:
      "the two elephant types proper to Africa and to southern Asia"
      • (of a psalm, lesson, prayer, etc.) appointed for a particular day, occasion, or season.
      • archaic
        belonging to oneself or itself; own:
        "to judge with my proper eyes"
    4. heraldry
      in the natural colors.
    5. archaic
      dialect
      (of a person) good-looking:
      "he is a proper youth!"
    6. mathematics
      denoting a subset or subgroup that does not constitute the entire set or group, especially one that has more than one element.
    adverb
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    proper (adverb)
    1. satisfactorily or correctly:
      "my eyes were all blurry and I couldn't see proper"
      • thoroughly:
        "I had been fooled good and proper"
    noun
    proper (noun) · propers (plural noun)
    1. the part of a church service that varies with the season or festival:
      "we go to the High Mass, with plainsong propers sung by the Ritual Choir"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French propre, from Latin proprius ‘one's own, special’.
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