appropriate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
2. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
3. (British, transitive) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
4. (archaic, transitive) To make suitable to; to suit.

Adj

1. Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
2. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
3. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
4. Morally good; positive.
5. pleasant;

Synonyms

suitable

proper

fitting

fit

right

becoming

adequate

apt

reasonable

seize

due

applicable

convenient

decent

opportune

relevant

seemly

pertinent

suit

expedient

take possession of

timely

assign

usurp

valid

correct

just

befitting

reserve

earmark

assume

felicitous

set aside

suited

eligible

sufficient

acceptable

pat

adopt

necessary

take

good

👍

compatible

allocate

well-matched

handy

apposite

equivalent

sensible

designate

Translations

approprié

angemessen

geschikt

apropiado

convenable

adecuado

adéquat

passend

apropriado

passend

appropriato

adeguato

angebracht

geeignet

adatto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.ɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: appropriaten

In summary

From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from Latin appropriātus, perfect passive participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + propriō (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

Sentences

At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards .

This formula aims to ensure appropriate commercial disciplines whilst fulfilling scientific purposes .