appropriate
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/əˈprəʊpriət/
🇬🇧
/əˈprəʊpriət/
adjective
B2
Right for the situation or purpose.
The teacher chose an appropriate book for the children's reading level.
verb
R
To take something for your own use, especially without permission.
She was upset because someone had appropriated her idea for a project.
R
To set aside something, like money, for a specific purpose.
The government appropriated funds for the new school.
translation
Right for the situation or purpose.
To take something for your own use, especially without permission.; To set aside something, like money, for a specific purpose.
Word Forms
3rd Present
appropriates
Past
appropriated
Perfect
appropriated
Progressive
appropriating