PROPRIETIES

Meaning of PROPRIETIES in English

[plural] [noun] [formal]The proprieties are the rules of polite social behaviour.Because they'd invited us to dinner, we thought we'd better observe the proprieties and invite them back, even though we found them very boring.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

PROPRIETIES — (pl. ) of Propriety
Английский словарь Webster
PROPRIETIES — ( pl. ) of Propriety
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PROPRIETIES — n. accepted rules of etiquette
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PROPRIETIES — pl of propriety.
Webster English vocab
PROPRIETIES — the details or rules of conventionally accepted behaviour. → propriety
Concise Oxford English vocab
PROPRIETIES — The proprieties are the standards of social behaviour which most people consider socially or morally acceptable. ( OLD-FASHIONED ) ...respectable …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROPRIETIES — The ~ are the standards of social behaviour which most people consider socially or morally acceptable. (OLD-FASHIONED) ...respectable couples who …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PROPRIETIES — Synonyms and related words : amenities, civilities, civility, comity, convention, courtliness, decencies, decorum, dictates of society, diplomatic code, elegance, elegancies, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PROPRIETIES — n. accepted behavior to observe the ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PROPRIETIES — Пристойность
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PROPRIETIES — Приличие
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PROPRIETIES — (n) приличия
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PROPRIETIES — n. приличия
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PROPRIETIES — n. приличия
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PROPRIETY — prəˈprīəd.ē, prōˈ-, -ətē, -i, by r- dissimilation pəˈ- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English propriete, from Middle French proprieté …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEDING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English breding, from gerund of breden 1. a. : the action or process of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROPRIETY — /preuh pruy"i tee/ , n. , pl. proprieties . 1. conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ETIQUETTE — /et"i kit, -ket'/ , n. 1. conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROPRIETY — ■ noun ( plural proprieties ) correctness concerning standards of behaviour or morals. ↘( proprieties ) the details or rules …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CENSORSHIP — the suppression or prohibition of speech or writing that is condemned as subversive of the common good. It occurs in …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROPRIETY — / prəˈpraɪəti; NAmE / noun ( formal ) 1. [ U ] moral and social behaviour that is considered to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROPRIETY — pro ‧ pri ‧ e ‧ ty /prəˈpraɪəti/ BrE AmE noun formal [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PROPRIETY — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, admissibility, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, amenities, applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, aptitude, aptness, auspiciousness, becomingness, beneficialness, bienseance, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MORES — Synonyms and related words : Weltanschauung, acculturation, amenities, bon ton, civilities, civility, civilization, climate, climate of opinion, comity, complex, conformity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PROPRIETY — n. 1 correctness, properness, conformity, suitableness, appropriateness, suitability, aptness, fitness, seemliness, decorum; advisability, wisdom I questioned the propriety of concealing …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PROPRIETY — сущ. 1) уст. специфика, особенность, характерная черта Syn : peculiarity 2) правильность, правомерность, уместность the propriety of impeaching the President …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PROPRIETY — propriety.ogg prəʹpraıətı n 1. правильность propriety of style - правильность стиля 2. 1> (the proprieties) pl (правила) приличия, пристойность to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PROPRIETY — n 1. правильность ~ of style - правильность стиля 2. 1) (the proprieties) pl (правила) приличия, пристойность to observe the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PROPRIETY — n 1. правильность propriety of style - правильность стиля 2. 1> (the proprieties) pl (правила) приличия, пристойность to observe the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PROPRIETY — сущ. 1) уст. специфика, особенность, характерная черта Syn : peculiarity 2) правильность, правомерность, уместность the propriety of impeaching the President …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Cambridge English vocab

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