{
    "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’."
}