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Appropriate (adjective)
Suitable or fit; proper.
“The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.”
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Appropriate (adjective)
Suitable 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.”
“While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.”
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Appropriate (adjective)
Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
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Appropriate (verb)
To make suitable; to suit.
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Appropriate (verb)
To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
“Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.”
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Appropriate (verb)
To 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.”
“to appropriate money for the increase of the navy”
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Appropriate (verb)
To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
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Appropriately (adverb)
In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
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Appropriately (adverb)
in a manner that is suitable or proper in the circumstances
“volunteers need to be approachable, calm, and able to respond appropriately”
“walls of raw concrete form a neutral yet appropriately rugged backdrop for the various objects”