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Appropriate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.

v. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.

v. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

adj. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

v. To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.

v. 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."

v. 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.

v. To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

v. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right.

v. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for

v. To make suitable; to suit.

v. To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

n. A property; attribute.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To take to one's self in exclusion of others; claim or use as by an exclusive right: as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

In general, to take for any use; put to use.

To set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use, in exclusion of all other purposes or uses: as, Congress appropriated more money than was needed; to appropriate a spot of ground for a garden.

In ecclesiastical law, to annex, as a benefice, to an ecclesiastical corporation, for its perpetual use.

Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; suitable; fit; befitting; proper.

Synonyms Apt, becoming, in keeping, felicitous.

n. Peculiar characteristic; attribute; proper function; property.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

v. take possession of by force, as after an invasion

Equivalent

pat befitting proper grade-appropriate right

Antonym

inappropriate

Verb Form

appropriated appropriates appropriating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

assign allot portion

Cross Reference

peculiar ascribe

Form

appropriateness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

peculiar suitable fit proper suit property attribute

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

expropriate misappropriate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

proper specific suitable