appropriate
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Adjective (2)
- 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”Opposite inappropriateSimilar proper, grade-appropriate, befitting, patRelates to appropriatenessSee also apropos, congruous, fit, proper
- meant or adapted for an occasion or use“a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty”“not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy”Synonyms: suitablesuitedOpposite unfitSimilar fit
Verb (2)appropriated, appropriating
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause“I will earmark this money for your research”“She sets aside time for meditation every day”Synonyms: allowearmarkset asidereserveMore general assign, allot
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion“the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants”“The army seized the town”“The militia captured the castle”Synonyms: captureseizeconquerMore general assume, usurpMore specific carry
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Translations
Adjective peculiar, suitable, fit, proper
- Spanish
- apropiado
- French
- approprié
- German
- angemessen
- Italian
- appropriato
- Portuguese
- apropriado
- Turkish
- yerinde
- Russian
- соотве́тствующий sootvétstvujuščij
- Arabic
- مُنَاسِب munāsib
- Chinese
- 适当 shìdàng
- Japanese
- 適切 tekisetsu
24 more languages
- Dutch
- geschikt
- Polish
- odpowiedni
- Swedish
- lämplig
- Greek
- κατάλληλος katállilos
- Korean
- 적절하다 jeokjeolhada
- Indonesian
- sesuai
- Vietnamese
- phù hợp
- Hungarian
- megfelelő
- Portuguese (PT)
- apropriado
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 適當 shìdàng
- Catalan
- apropiat
- Czech
- vhodný
- Danish
- formålstjenlig
- Esperanto
- konvena
- Estonian
- asjakohane
- Finnish
- sopiva
- Georgian
- სათანადო satanado
- Kurdish
- minasib
- Latvian
- piederīgs
- Norwegian
- hensiktsmessig
- Romanian
- adecvat
- Scottish Gaelic
- freagarrach
- Welsh
- priodol
- Yiddish
- פּאַסיק pasik
Verb to take to oneself in exclusion of others
- German
- sich aneignen
- Russian
- присва́ивать prisváivatʹ
- Vietnamese
- chiếm đoạt
- Esperanto
- alproprigi
- Finnish
- ottaa haltuun
- Lithuanian
- užvaldyti
Adjective suitable to social situation
- German
- angemessen
- Portuguese
- apropriado
- Russian
- подходя́щий podxodjáščij
- Arabic
- لَائِق lāʔiq
- Dutch
- gepast
- Polish
- stosowny
- Swedish
- passande
- Greek
- κατάλληλος katállilos
- Vietnamese
- phù hợp
- Hungarian
- illő
12 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- apropriado
- Czech
- přiměřený
- Esperanto
- konvena
- Estonian
- kohane
- Finnish
- sopiva
- Georgian
- შესაფერისი shesaperisi
- Hebrew
- הולם holem
- Norwegian
- velegnet
- Romanian
- potrivit
- Scottish Gaelic
- freagarrach
- Welsh
- priodol
- Yiddish
- פּאַסיק pasik
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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.— Beilby Porteus
Appropriate acts of divine worship.— Stillingfleet.
It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas.— John Locke
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, William
4. Eng. Eccl. Law To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone, Sir William
A property; attribute. obsolete
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54