appropriate
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English
Definitions
verb
- To make suitable; to suit.
- To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.“Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.”
- To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.“A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.”
- To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
adjective
- Suitable or fit; proper.“The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.”
- Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.“I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.”
- Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
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Synonyms
allocateearmarkhelp oneselfimpropriateaptfelicitousfittingsuitableproperfitappositebefittingapropospertinentexpedientadvantageousallowcongruous