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ap·pro·pri·ate (ə prō′prē āt′; for adj., -it)
transitive verb appropriated -·at′ed, appropriating -·at′·ing
- to take for one's own or exclusive use
- to take improperly, as without permission
- to set aside for a specific use or certain person to appropriate funds for the schools
Etymology: ME appropriaten < LL appropriatus, pp. of appropriare, to make one's own < L ad-, to + proprius, one's own
adjective
Related Forms:
- appropriately ap·pro′·pri·ately adverb
- appropriateness ap·pro′·pri·ate·ness noun
- appropriative ap·pro′·pria′·tive adjective
- appropriator ap·pro′·pria′·tor noun
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Alternate definitions:
appropriate
v.
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Modifies a noun
- action: The Council had been advised of our opinion from the outset and failed to take the appropriate action.
Modifying Another Word
- entirely: The powers will curb freedom of speech where free speech is entirely appropriate.
Infinitive complement
- apply: However, whether it is appropriate to apply the same reasoning and hence discount rate to health benefits remains unclear.
Used with adjective complement
- deem: NGB Awards Level 1 and 2 as deemed appropriate.
Preposition: in
- circumstance: Given the exceptional facts of the case, the court sanctioned an order, which they thought was appropriate in the circumstances.
Preposition: for
- audience: Consumers expect advertising to be truthful and honest and appropriate for the audience who sees it.
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Each individual work serves as an expression of our most personal state of mind at that particular moment and of the inescapable, imperative need for release by means of an appropriate act of creation: in the rhythm, form, colour and mood of a picture.
It is a fatal defect of current principles of administration that, like proverbs, they occur in pairs. For almost every principle one can find an equally plausible and acceptable contradictory principle. Although the two principles of the pair will lead to exactly opposite recommendations, there is nothing in the theory to indicate which is the appropriate one to apply.
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