proper place

collocation in English

meaningsofproperandplace

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proper
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒp.ər/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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place
noun
uk
/pleɪs/us
/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition ofproperandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproper place

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Clinical examination is rather diminished in importance nowadays, and this chapter emphasizes itsproperplace, illustrating also the remarkable skills of the authors.
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Theologians increasingly emphasised heaven as theproperplacefor angels, and played down their role as a force in the world.
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Theproperplacefor women was the home rather than the street.
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But even later, when they are more and more grammaticized, they never find aproperplacein morphological grammar and thus remain, by definition, extragrammatical.
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In this sense, the couples didn't "decide," but sought to discern theirproperplacein the scheme of things.
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Because some in society believe these norms about women'sproperplacein the public realm, the political behaviour of all women is affected.
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Sermons were to be put in theirproperplaceby sermons.
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When radio stations began to broadcast news, newspaper owners tried to block them, arguing that the newspaper was the onlyproperplacefor such information.
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Within his overarching approach to indefinite pronouns, he can give indefinite pronouns theirproperplaceunder negation.
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This is theproperplaceto locate superstition.
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Clearly, both "princesses" need to be made over before they can assume theirproperplaceas happy brides.
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The catheter was maintained inproperplacefor 24 hours.
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So they must be just like witchcraft, albeit something that has some nice side-effects as long as you keep it in itsproperplace.
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I will discuss these in turn, and conclude with some comments about theproperplaceof word learning in a theory of language and mind.
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