proper

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
  2. adjective having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
  3. adjective limited to the thing specified

Etymology

From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.

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