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Pronunciation[change]
- 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/
Audio (US) (file)
- verb
- (UK) IPA (key): /əˈprəʊprieɪt/, SAMPA: /@"pr@UprieIt/
- (US) enPR: əprō'priāt, IPA (key): /əˈproʊprieɪt/, SAMPA: /@"proUpreIt/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective[change]
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- 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.
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Verb[change]
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- (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.