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proper

/ˈprɒpə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈprɒpə/

proper

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

pro - per -> proper

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မည်မည်ရရ

Full entry

proper /'prɒpǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ (က) (မည်ကာမတ္တမဟုတ်သော) တကယ့်။ မည်မည်ရရ။ ensure that sb receives proper training/care ❍ she hadn't had a proper holiday for years. ❍ Make sure you have a proper breakfast, not just a cup of coffee!
(ခ) စစ်စစ်။ တကယ့်။ Students do a year's foundation course before they start the degreee course proper.
၂။ (က) ကိုက်ညီသော။ သင့်တော်သော။ use the proper tool for the job ❍ This isn't the proper lid for this pan but it will do for now.
(ခ) မှန်ကန်သော။ စည်းစနစ်တကျဖြစ်သော။ the proper way to hold the bat ❍ maintain the proper standards of professional conduct ❍ Please put the books back in their proper places. ❍ I can't help with your application; you will have to go through the proper channels. Compare RIGHT¹ ၁
၃။ အပ်စပ်သော။ လျော်ကန်သော။ မွန်ရည်သော။ I'm not sure that's a proper subject for a school debate. ❍ He always behaves in a rather formal and proper way. Compare IMPROPER See also PROPRIETY
၄။ (infml ) သေသေချာချာ။ တကယ့်။ We're in a proper mess now. ❍ Please give this room a proper clean.
❏ properly adv သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်စွာ။ ကောင်းမွန်စွာ။ မှန်မှန်ကန်ကန်။ ကျကျနန။ behave properly ❍ not properly equipped/trained ❍ The photocopier isn't working properly.
❏ proper noun (also proper name) n (grammar ) တစ်ဦးဆိုင်နာမ်။ (ဥပမာ- Jane, Mr Smith,Paris, Europe, the Rhine, the Houses of Parliament. )

More examples

You have to have the proper tools for the job.
That’s not the proper way to do it!
The problem was they didn’t have a proper place to rehearse.
[proper procedures] : Councillors went against their own officers and ignored proper procedures.
I don’t think it would be proper for me to say any more.
I’m sure you will all agree that this is the only proper course of action.
[right and proper] : It’s only right and proper that his family should be present.
When are you going to get a proper job?
Start the day with a proper breakfast.
He needs proper medical care.
Young people then were all terribly proper.
He’s always so prim and proper.
Does he live in Swansea proper or in the suburbs?
He’s only six, but he’s already a proper little gentleman.
[proper to] : A style of architecture proper to the period

Synonyms

good, correct, appropriate, suitable, right, apt, apposite, accurate, fitting, able, absolute, accepted, according to Hoyle, according to regulation, according to rule, applicable, arrant, as it should be, au fait, be expected, be fitting, be incumbent upon, be needful, be one's obligation, be required, be requisite, be right, becoming, befitting, behoove, beseem, beseeming, by the book, by the numbers, capable, characteristic, comely, comme il faut, competent, complete, conforming, consummate, convenient, conventional, courteous, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous, demure, desired, distinctive, established, exact, felicitous, fit, formal, free of error, genteel, happy, identifiable, idiosyncratic, in line, individual, is fitting, just, kosher, legitimate, mannerly, meet, modest, moral, nice, on target, on the button, on the nose, on the right track, orthodox, out-and-out, owe it to, owing to, own, particular, peculiar, personal, polite, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, private, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, qualified, refined, respectable, respective, seemly, solid, special, specific, square, stone, straight, strait-laced, stuffy, suited, true, unmistaken, useful, usual, utter

Antonyms

bad, careless, corrupt, crass, crude, dishonest, false, general, imprecise, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, inexact, misbehaving, objectionable, questionable, substandard, unacceptable, unconventional, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong

Cross references

good correct appropriate suitable right apt apposite accurate fitting able absolute accepted according to Hoyle according to regulation according to rule applicable arrant as it should be au fait be expected be fitting be incumbent upon be needful be one's obligation be required be requisite be right becoming

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