About The Word Appropriate
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Appropriate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Appropriate?
[adj] suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"
[adj] being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [adj] suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing" [adj] appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness [adj] meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy" [v] give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research" [v] take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" Synonyms | Synonyms for Appropriate: advantageous | allow | apposite | apt | befitting | called for | capture | congruent | congruous | conquer | due | earmark | expedient | fir for(a) | fit | fit to(a) | harmonious | in order(p) | pat | pertinent | proper | reserve | right | seize | set aside | suitable | suited | take over | usurp Related Terms | Find terms related to Appropriate: a propos | absorb | abstract | acceptable | according to Hoyle | accroach | ad rem | adapted | admissible | adopt | advantageous | advisable | agreeable | allocate | allot | and | annex | appertaining | applicable | applying | appoint | apportion | apposite | appropriate | appropriate to | apropos | apt | arrogate | assign | assign to | assimilate | assume | auspicious | bag | banausic | 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 | fitten | fitting | forage | fortunate | fructuous | functional | geared | genteel | germane | good | good for | grab | grasp | happy | helpful | hog | hook | idiocratic | 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 See Also | allot | annex | apropos | assign | carry | portion | preoccupy | take Appropriate In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of
appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius
one's own, proper. See {Proper}.]
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging
peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
In its strict and appropriate meaning. --Porteus.
Appropriate acts of divine worship. --Stillingfleet.
It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate
to express our ideas. --Locke.
\Ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone. \Ap*pro"pri*ate\, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.] |
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