appropriate
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example;an appropriate dress.
belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.
to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself.
to steal, especially to commit petty theft.
Origin of appropriate
1Other words for appropriate
Opposites for appropriate
Other words from appropriate
- ap·pro·pri·ate·ly, adverb
- ap·pro·pri·ate·ness, noun
- ap·pro·pri·a·tive [uh-proh-pree-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv], /əˈproʊ priˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv/, adjective
- ap·pro·pri·a·tive·ness, noun
- ap·pro·pri·a·tor, noun
- non·ap·pro·pri·a·tive, adjective
- qua·si-ap·pro·pri·ate, adjective
- re·ap·pro·pri·ate, verb (used with object), re·ap·pro·pri·at·ed, re·ap·pro·pri·at·ing.
- well-ap·pro·pri·at·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with appropriate
- 1. appropriate , apropos
- 2. appropriate , expropriate
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How to use appropriate in a sentence
We focus way more on potential for harm as a result of certain content being amplified on the platform without appropriate context.
EmTech Stage: Twitter’s CTO on misinformation | Tate Ryan-Mosley | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe medical staff should be wearing appropriate personal protective equipment, and patients should keep their masks on at all times, only lowering them to half-mast for the swab.
Here’s what you need to know about getting a coronavirus test at the airport | Andrea Sachs | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostWithout the dogwood and magnolias, with leaves deciding which day to fall, perhaps this Masters should have some special distinction, appropriate to such a dreary yet invaluable semi-year of on-and-off sports.
In a grim year, a November Masters is something to be thankful for | Thomas M. Boswell | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostCallers will be screened, and when appropriate for telephone reporting an officer will collect information.
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These decisions and criteria are referred to as “appropriateness.”
“NDSC is trying to decrease and change the appropriateness of imaging,” Bettmann said.
She felt so in awe that he expressed interest in her that she never questioned the appropriateness of some of his behavior.
Digital Harassment Is the New Means of Domestic Abuse | Keli Goff | February 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere has always been a debate over the appropriateness of judicial review.
Marine Le Pen, meanwhile, openly questioned the appropriateness of a presidential candidate visiting the scene of the crime.
The question of appropriateness is relative to the particular object we have in view.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillHuman agency has further contributed to the appropriateness of the title.
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidThis was Susy's part, and as she said it the audience did not fail to remember its literal appropriateness.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PainePatty realised the appropriateness of this phrase, and cudgelled her brain for an appropriate reply.
Patty's Friends | Carolyn WellsThe appropriateness of this name is apparent to any who have visited the upper ice fields of the Winthrop and Emmons Glaciers.
Mount Rainier | Various
British Dictionary definitions for appropriate
right or suitable; fitting
rare particular; own: they had their appropriate methods
to take for one's own use, esp illegally or without permission
to put aside (funds, etc) for a particular purpose or person
Origin of appropriate
1Derived forms of appropriate
- appropriable, adjective
- appropriately, adverb
- appropriateness, noun
- appropriative, adjective
- appropriator, noun
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