Meaning of APPROPRIATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]u'prowpreeit, [v]u'prowpree`eyt, u'prowpree`eyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | See Also: | | allot, annex, apropos, assign, carry, portion, preoccupy, take | |
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\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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