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{
"term": "proper",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "right, appropriate or correct; according to the rules",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We should have had a proper discussion before voting."
},
{
"text": "Please follow the **proper procedures** for dealing with complaints."
},
{
"text": "Manufacturers provide these directions to indicate the **proper use** of their products."
},
{
"text": "It is vital that they're given the **proper training**."
},
{
"text": "The Government is failing to deliver **proper care** and treatment to people with dementia."
},
{
"text": "Nothing is in its **proper place**."
},
{
"text": "He is never referred to by his proper name in the play."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "consider something"],
"adverb": ["very", "entirely", "perfectly"],
"phrases": ["(only) right and proper", "prim and proper"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "that you consider to be real and of a good enough standard",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I haven't had a proper meal in days."
},
{
"text": "Eat some proper food, not just toast and jam!"
},
{
"text": "When are you going to get a proper job?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "socially and morally acceptable",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is **right and proper** that parents take responsibility for their children's attendance at school."
},
{
"text": "The development was planned without proper regard to the interests of local people."
},
{
"text": "He is always perfectly proper in his behaviour."
},
{
"text": "It seemed proper to pay tribute to her in this way."
},
{
"text": "It was not considered proper for young ladies to go out alone."
},
{
"text": "She has a reputation for being prim and proper."
},
{
"text": "The tribunal decided that his actions were entirely proper."
},
{
"text": "I'll do whatever I think proper."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "consider something"],
"adverb": ["very", "entirely", "perfectly"],
"phrases": ["(only) right and proper", "prim and proper"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "according to the most exact meaning of the word",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The celebrations proper always begin on the last stroke of midnight."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "complete",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We're in a proper mess now."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "belonging to a particular type of thing; natural in a particular situation or place",
"sensetop": "proper to something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They should be treated with the dignity proper to all individuals created by God."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "completely; to the greatest extent possible",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That's messed things up good and proper."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɒpə(r)/",
"audio": "pr/proper/proper__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːpər/",
"audio": "pr/proper/proper__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French propre, from Latin proprius ‘one's own, special’."
}