PROPER definition: adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable. See examples of proper used in a sentence.

PROPER definition: 1. real, satisfactory, suitable, or correct: 2. showing standards of behaviour that are socially…. Learn more.

You use proper to describe things that you consider to be real and satisfactory rather than inadequate in some way. Two out of five people lack a proper job.

Definition of proper adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [only before noun] (especially British English) right, appropriate or correct; according to the rules. We should have …

1 day ago · Adjective proper (comparative more proper, superlative most proper) Suitable. Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. [13th c.] Synonyms: correct, right, …

(immediately postpositive) (of an object, quality, etc) referred to or named specifically so as to exclude anything not directly connected with it: his claim is connected with the deed proper

1. used to mean 'real' You use proper in front of a noun to emphasize that someone or something really is the thing referred to by the noun. It's important to have a proper breakfast in the …