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Appropriate

verb
Word Frequency: 77.4

Definitions

1.verbTo make suitable; to suit.
2.verbTo take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
"Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."
3.verbTo 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."
4.verbTo annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
5.adjectiveSuitable or fit; proper.
"The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."
6.adjectiveSuitable 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."
7.adjectiveSet apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

Synonyms

allocateearmarkhelp oneselfimpropriateaptfelicitousfittingsuitableproperfitappositebefitting

Antonyms

inappropriate

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatedesolatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineate
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