PROPER NOUN

Meaning of PROPER NOUN in English

ˌproper ˈnoun BrE AmE ( also ˌproper ˈname especially British English ) noun [countable]

a noun such as ‘James’, ‘New York’, or ‘China’ that is the name of one particular thing and is written with a ↑ capital letter ⇨ noun

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

PROPER NOUN — noun Date: circa 1890 a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PROPER NOUN — noun : a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, and is usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROPER NOUN — Gram. a noun that is not normally preceded by an article or other limiting modifier, as any or some, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROPER NOUN — n. (Grammar) type of noun used for specific things (names of people, places or unique items)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PROPER NOUN — Date: circa 1890 : a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PROPER NOUN — Function: noun Date: circa 1890 : a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PROPER NOUN — (also proper name ) ■ noun a name for an individual person, place, or organization, having an initial capital letter. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PROPER NOUN — [proper noun] n (ca. 1890): a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PROPER NOUN — (also ˌproper ˈname ) noun ( grammar ) a word that is the name of a person, a place, an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROPER NOUN — also proper name ( proper nouns) A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROPER NOUN — also proper name (~s) A ~ is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PROPER NOUN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A text for students devoted seven pages to the use of a capital letter to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PROPER NOUN — See ↑ NAME 4
Longman Activator English vocab
PROPER NOUN — имя собственное
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PROPER NOUN — грам.имя собственное
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PROPER NOUN — имя собственное
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PROPER NOUN — имя собственное
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PROPER NOUN — лингв. имя собственное
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PROPER NOUN — лингв. имя собственное
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PROPER NOUN — имя собственное
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOUN — substantive, nómine
English interlingue dictionary
NOUN — ~ see: name Date: 14th century any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PROPER — I. ˈpräpə(r) adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English propre proper, own, from Old French, from Latin proprius own, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOUN — ˈnau̇n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French noun name, noun, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROPER — (a.) Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
Английский словарь Webster
NOUN — (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; …
Английский словарь Webster
NOUN — ( n. ) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PROPER — — properly , adv. — properness , n. /prop"euhr/ , adj. 1. adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOUN — — nounally , adv. /nown/ , Gram. n. 1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOUN — n. part of speech used for persons places objects and conditions (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PROPER — I. ˈprä-pər adjective Etymology: Middle English propre proper, own, from Anglo-French, from Latin proprius own Date: 14th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOUN — noun Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French nom, noun name, noun, from Latin nomen — more at name Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PROPER — adj belonging to one; one's own; individual. 2. proper ·adj becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. 3. proper ·adv properly; …
Webster English vocab
NOUN — noun a word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; …
Webster English vocab
NOUN — ■ ~ Grammar a word (other than a pro~) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PROPER — [prop.er] adj [ME propre proper, own, fr. MF, fr. L proprius own] (14c) 1 a: referring to one individual only …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOUN — [noun] n [ME nowne, fr. AF noun name, noun, fr. OF nom, fr. L nomen--more at name] (14c): any member …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PROPER — proper BrE AmE ˈprɒp ə AmE \ ˈprɑːp ə r ▶ ˌ proper ˈ fraction BrE AmE ▶ ˌ proper …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOUN — noun BrE AmE naʊn ▷ nouns naʊnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PROPER — / ˈprɒpə(r); NAmE ˈprɑːp-/ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] ( especially BrE ) right, appropriate or correct; according …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — / naʊn; NAmE / noun ( grammar ) ( abbr. n. ) a word that refers to a person, (such …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROPER — I. prop ‧ er 1 S1 W2 /ˈprɒpə $ ˈprɑːpər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOUN — noun /naʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: 'name, noun' , from Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PROPER — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 a accurate, correct (in the proper sense of the word; gave him the proper …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PROPER — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 a accurate, correct (in the proper sense of the word; gave him the proper …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PROPER — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. a accurate, correct (in the proper sense of the word; gave him the proper …
Oxford English vocab
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Oxford English vocab
PROPER — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use proper to describe things …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — ( nouns) A noun is a word such as ‘car’, ‘love’, or ‘Anne’ which is used to refer to a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — (~s) A ~ is a word such as ‘car’, ‘love’, or ‘Anne’ which is used to refer to a person …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PROPER — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good/proper breakfast (= big and healthy ) ▪ I think kids need a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOUN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES abstract noun collective noun common noun concrete noun count noun proper noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PROPER — (REAL) [adjective] [not gradable] - real, satisfactory, suitable or correctThis is Sara's first proper job - she usually does temporary …
Cambridge English vocab
NOUN — n. Substantive.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
NOUN — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
NOUN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plural , singular ▪ ‘Sheep’ is both a singular and a plural ~. ▪ countable ▪ mass …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NOUN — • ↑ proper noun
Longman Activator English vocab
PROPER — adj. 25B6; adjective he's not a proper scientist : REAL, genuine, actual, true, bona fide; informal kosher. the proper channels …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PROPER — adj. 1 right, appropriate, apropos, apt, suitable, fit, fitting, befitting, becoming, suited, apposite, de rigueur, comme il faut, adapted, Literary …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PROPER — 1. прил. 1) а) присущий, свойственный б) специфический, характерный Syn : peculiar 2) правильный, должный; надлежащий; подходящий Syn : formal, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOUN — сущ.; грам. имя существительное to decline, inflect a noun ≈ склонять имя существительное abstract noun ≈ абстрактное имя существительное attributive …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PROPER — proper.ogg 1. ʹprɒpə n церк. ( тж. Proper) 1> изменяемая часть литургии, обедни или мессы ( в зависимости от дня …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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