appropriate
pronunciation
How to pronounce appropriate in British English:
UK [əˈprəʊpriət , əˈprəʊprieɪt]
How to pronounce appropriate in American English:
US [əˈproʊpriət , əˈproʊprieɪt]
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- Verb:
- give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
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- Adjective:
- suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
- appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
- meant or adapted for an occasion or use
- suitable and fitting
- being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
Word Origin
- appropriate
- appropriate: see proper
- appropriate (v.)
- early 15c., "take possession of," from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, adpropriare (c.450) "to make one's own," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Related: Appropriated; appropriating.
- appropriate (adj.)
- "specially suitable, proper," early 15c., from Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare (see appropriate (v.)). Related: Appropriately; appropriateness.
Antonym
Example
- 1. China has no asset that seems appropriate .
- 2. All it needs now is the appropriate trigger .
- 3. Send your business literature to appropriate individuals and firms .
- 4. Senator lott said the attacks were appropriate and just .
- 5. Bring weather appropriate clothes .