Collocations for proper - adj.
VERBS
be,
seem
It seemed proper to pay tribute to her in this way.
It seemed proper to pay tribute to her in this way.
consider sth,
deem sth,
think sth
It was not considered proper for young ladies to go out alone.
It was not considered proper for young ladies to go out alone.
ADVERB
very
entirely, perfectly, quite
The tribunal decided that his actions were perfectly proper.
entirely, perfectly, quite
The tribunal decided that his actions were perfectly proper.
morally
PHRASES
(only) right and proper
It is only right and proper that you should attend his funeral.
It is only right and proper that you should attend his funeral.
prim and proper
She has a reputation for being prim and proper.
the prim and proper town of South Springs
She has a reputation for being prim and proper.
the prim and proper town of South Springs
Proper is used with these nouns:
alignment, arrangement, assessment, authority, balance, breakfast, burial, care, channel, clearance, conduct, consideration, consultation, context, control, conversation, credit, degree, distribution, dosage, enforcement, English, etiquette, execution, exercise, facility, fashion, fit, follow-up, food, footing, function, funding, funeral, guidance, instruction, introduction, job, lady, lighting, maintenance, management, manner, meal, name, noun, nourishment, nutrition, order, paperwork, permission, permit, perspective, place, posture, precaution, preparation, procedure, pronunciation, recognition, record, regard, remedy, reply, respect, response, rest, safeguard, sanitation, schooling, scope, spelling, standard, supervision, technique, terminology, thing, thought, training, understanding, upbringing, usage, use, ventilation, way
alignment, arrangement, assessment, authority, balance, breakfast, burial, care, channel, clearance, conduct, consideration, consultation, context, control, conversation, credit, degree, distribution, dosage, enforcement, English, etiquette, execution, exercise, facility, fashion, fit, follow-up, food, footing, function, funding, funeral, guidance, instruction, introduction, job, lady, lighting, maintenance, management, manner, meal, name, noun, nourishment, nutrition, order, paperwork, permission, permit, perspective, place, posture, precaution, preparation, procedure, pronunciation, recognition, record, regard, remedy, reply, respect, response, rest, safeguard, sanitation, schooling, scope, spelling, standard, supervision, technique, terminology, thing, thought, training, understanding, upbringing, usage, use, ventilation, way