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41proper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. correct, fastidious; suitable, becoming; decorous, demure, chaste, delicate; individual, special, limited, own, appropriate, pertinent, apropos, meet; seemly, befitting; equitable, fair, right, just …
42proper! — exclamation American a general cry of appreciation, approval, etc., in use among adolescents on the West Coast in the 1990s. The term was also heard among middle class youth in London as reported by the Evening Standard magazine, July 1994.… …
43proper 'do' — This expression refers to a social event with formal clothes and top class catering, organized to celebrate something. Bob says he d be happy with a civil wedding and a drink afterwards, but Maggie wants a proper do …
44proper to — belonging or relating exclusively to. → proper …
45proper — Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g. I think the cat has crapped under the bed, as there s a proper stink in the bedroom. Informal …
46proper — pro|per adj., t, propre (ren, ordentlig); slå en proper næve (slå meget hårdt) …
47Proper noun — Proper name and common noun redirect here. For the philosophy of language concept, see Proper name (philosophy). For the counterpart to scientific names for species, see Common name. A proper noun or proper name is a noun representing a unique… …
48Proper acceleration — [Edwin F. Taylor John Archibald Wheeler (1966 1st ed. only) Spacetime Physics (W.H. Freeman, San Francisco) ISBN 0 7167 0336 X] is the physical acceleration experienced by an object. It equals the rate of change of proper velocity with respect to …
49Proper corolla — Proper Prop er, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Belonging to one; one s own; individual. His proper good [i. e., his own possessions]. Chaucer. My proper son. Shak. [1913 Webster] Now learn the… …
50Proper flower — Proper Prop er, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Belonging to one; one s own; individual. His proper good [i. e., his own possessions]. Chaucer. My proper son. Shak. [1913 Webster] Now learn the… …