Appropriate (IPA: /əˈpɹoʊpɹiˌeɪt/, /əˈpɹoʊpɹiət/)
| Appropriate (a.) |
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. |
| Appropriate (v. t.) |
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. |
| Appropriate (v. t.) |
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. |
| Appropriate (v. t.) |
To make suitable; to suit. |
| Appropriate (v. t.) |
To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. |
| Appropriate (n.) |
A property; attribute. |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Advantageous, Expedient |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Apposite, Pertinent, Apropos, Apt |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Suitable, Right, Befitting, Grade-appropriate, Pat, Apropos, Proper, Suited |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Congruent, Congruous, Harmonious |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Fit, Suitable, Suited |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Set Aside, Reserve, Allow, Earmark |
| Appropriate Synonyms |
Capture, Seize, Conquer |
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