appropriate

Pronunciation

adjective

• enPR: əprō'priĭt or əprō'priət
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əˈprəʊpriɪt/ or /əˈprəʊpriət/, SAMPA: /@"pr@UpriIt/ or /@"pr@Upri@t/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈproʊpriɪt/ or /əˈproʊpriət/, SAMPA: /@"proUpriIt/ or /@"proUpri@t/

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verb

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əˈprəʊprieɪt/, SAMPA: /@"pr@UprieIt/
• (US) enPR: əprō'priāt, IPA ^(key): /əˈproʊprieɪt/, SAMPA: /@"proUpreIt/

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Adjective

Positive appropriate

Comparative more appropriate

Superlative most appropriate

1. If something is appropriate, it matches the situation.

   We suggest ways in which teachers may change their materials to make them more appropriate for bilingual students.

   It is the job of management to look at the problems and take appropriate action.

Synonyms

• right
• correct

Related words

• appropriacy
• appropriately
• appropriateness
• inappropriate
• inappropriately

Verb

Plain form appropriate

Third-person singular appropriates

Past tense appropriated

Past participle appropriated

Present participle appropriating

1. (transitive); (formal) If you appropriate something, you take it from somebody else and make it your own.

   By the end of this year, the total funds appropriated will be nearly $600 billion.

Synonyms

• take
• assume
• adopt
• seize