Appropriate

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English

Adjective

Appropriate (comparative more Appropriate, superlative most Appropriate)

  1. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
  2. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
  3. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

Verb

Appropriate (third-person singular simple present Appropriates, present participle appropriating, simple past and past participle appropriated)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.
  2. (transitive) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, "let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."
  3. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others;—with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
  4. (transitive, UK, ecclesiastical, law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

Adverbs for Appropriate

selfishly; unceremoniously; eagerly; doubtfully; reverently; solely; wastefully; adequately; fraudulently; extravagantly;lavishly.

Synonyms for Appropriate

Antonyms for Appropriate

Thesaurus

absorb; abstract; acceptable; according to Hoyle; adapted; admissible; adopt; advantageous; advisable; agreeable; allocate; allot; and; annex; appertaining; applicable; applying; appoint; apportion; apposite; appropriate to; apropos; apt; arrogate; assign; assign to; assimilate; assume; auspicious; bag; becoming; befitting; belonging; beneficial; boost; borrow; characteristic; civil; claim; colonize; comely; commandeer; commodious; condign; confiscate; congruous; conquer; conscript; convenient; cop; copy; correct; crib; decent; decorous; defraud; derive from; deserved; desirable; desired; despoil; destine; detail; devote; digest; distinctive; distinguished; dovetailing; draft; due; earmark; eligible; embezzle; employable; encroach; enjoyable; enslave; entitled; exact; expedient; expropriate; extort; fair; fate; favorable; feasible; felicitous; filch; fit; fitted; fitting; forage; fortunate; functional; geared; genteel; germane; good; good for; grab; grasp; happy; helpful; hog; hook; idiosyncratic; imitate; impound; in character; in point; indent; infringe; infringe a copyright; inspired; intrinsic; invade; involving; jump a claim; just; just right; kosher; lay hold of; lift; likely; lot; lucky; make assignments; make free with; make off with; make use of; mark off; mark out for; marked; material; meet; merited; meshing; metabolize; mock; monopolize; nice; nick; nip; normal; normative; occupy; of general utility; of help; of service; of use; on the button; opportune; ordain; overrun; palm; pat; peculiar; pertaining; pertinent; pilfer; pinch; pirate; plagiarize; play God; pleasant; poach; politic; portion off; practical; pragmatical; predigest; preempt; preoccupy; prepossess; press; pretend to; profitable; proper; propitious; providential; purloin; qualified; quintessential; raid; recommendable; relevant; requisite; requisition; reserve; restrict; restrict to; right; right and proper; righteous; rightful; ripe; run away with; rustle; schedule; scrounge; seasonable; seemly; seize; sequester; serviceable; set; set apart; set aside; set off; shoplift; simulate; single; singular; sit on; snare; snatch; snitch; sortable; spoil; squat on; steal; subjugate; suitable; suited; suiting; swindle; swipe; tag; tailored; take; take all of; take it all; take on; take over; take possession of; take up; thieve; timely; to be desired; to the point; to the purpose; trespass; true to form; unique; urbane; useful; usurp; utilitarian; walk off with; well-chosen; well-expressed; well-put; well-timed; wise; worthwhile; worthy; wrench

Pronunciation

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