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appropriate

Syllabification: (ap·pro·pri·ate)

Definition of appropriate

suitable or proper in the circumstances:a measure appropriate to a wartime economy

Pronunciation: /-ˌāt/

[with object]

1take (something) for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission:his images have been appropriated by advertisers

2devote (money or assets) to a special purpose:there can be problems in appropriating funds for legal expenses

Derivatives

appropriately: [sentence adverb]:appropriately, the first recital will be given at the festival
appropriateness
appropriator

late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare 'make one's own', from ad- 'to' + proprius 'own, proper'

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