Appropriate word meaning and definition
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[adjective] being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"
[adjective] suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
[adjective] appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
[adjective] meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
[verb] give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
[verb] 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"
\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.]
Synonyms for appropriate
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
Antonyms: inappropriate
See also: allot | annex | apropos | assign | carry | portion | preoccupy | take |
Related terms: adopt, advisable, appropriate to, claim, colonize, comely, convenient, desirable, destine, distinctive, draft, favorable, fit, fitten, helpful, involving, lift, mark off, material, normative, plagiarize, politic, predigest, quintessential, reserve, serviceable, snare, swindle, tag, take up
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Let's analyse "appropriate" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 45.5% of vowels is 6.9% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAIRPORPPA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2930 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
appropriate: 1 + 6 + 9 + 1 + 5 = 22, reduced: 22 . and the final result is Twenty-Two. |
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