proper
Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable.
Other meanings
Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous.
Such that the preimage of every compact set is compact.
Related words
- Aurora Hill Proper
- nonproper
- properness
- property
- pseudoproper
- subproper
- superproper
- unproper
- China proper
- Israel proper
- good and proper
- in proper
Word history
From Latin "proprius".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “proper” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.