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View synonyms for appropriate

appropriate

[ adjective uh-proh-pree-it; verb uh-proh-pree-eyt ]

adjective

  1. suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.:

    an appropriate example;

    an appropriate dress.

    Synonyms: meet, pertinent, becoming, due, proper, suited, felicitous, apt, befitting

    Antonyms: inept, inappropriate, unsuitable

  2. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper:

    Each played his appropriate part.



verb (used with object)

, ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing.
  1. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use:

    The legislature appropriated funds for the university.

    Synonyms: assign, allocate, apportion

  2. to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
  3. to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate:

    He appropriated the trust funds for himself.

  4. to steal, especially to commit petty theft.

appropriate

adjective

  1. right or suitable; fitting
  2. rare.
    particular; own

    they had their appropriate methods

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to take for one's own use, esp illegally or without permission
  2. to put aside (funds, etc) for a particular purpose or person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • apˈpropriateness, noun
  • apˈpropriable, adjective
  • apˈpropriative, adjective
  • apˈpropriately, adverb
  • apˈpropriˌator, noun
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Other Words From

  • ap·pro·pri·ate·ly adverb
  • ap·pro·pri·ate·ness noun
  • ap·pro·pri·a·tive [uh, -, proh, -pree-ey-tiv, -, uh, -tiv], 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) reappropriated reappropriating
  • well-ap·pro·pri·at·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appropriate1

First recorded in 1515–25; from Late Latin appropriātus “made one's own” (past participle of appropriāre ), equivalent to Latin ap- ap- 1 + propri(us) “one's own, special, particular” + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appropriate1

C15: from Late Latin appropriāre to make one's own, from Latin proprius one's own; see proper
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Example Sentences

“Hot air balloons, drones for aerial photography, and appropriate pathways for observation from a distance could allow tourists to closely yet remotely view sinkholes, while disturbing as few organisms as possible.”

From BBC

This is why it is more appropriate to use tax data on inheritance relief, rather than farm survey data, to estimate the impact of the change in the Budget on individuals.

From BBC

He would wear the appropriate religious attire for each setting, sometimes knelt in supplication and on occasion was moved to tears by sermons.

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Sensory cortices on the other hand play an important role in how we perceive our environment and make appropriate movements, and how our brains determine what to focus on and what to ignore.

There is a time and a place for belting into song, with some appropriate options being the shower, the car, cleaning the house, making a pot of spaghetti, etc.

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