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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appropriate
▶adjective /əˈprəʊprɪət/
- 1 suitable; proper.
- 2 archaic assigned to a particular person.
- 1 take for one's own use without permission.
- 2 devote (money) to a special purpose.
– derivatives
appropriately adverb,
appropriateness noun,
appropriation noun,
appropriator noun.
appropriately adverb,
appropriateness noun,
appropriation noun,
appropriator noun.
– origin ME: from late L. appropriat-, appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.
'appropriate' also found in these Oxford entries:
Advent calendar
- age
- anachronism
- anaglyph
- appertain
- applicable
- apposite
- apt
- aubade
- away
- awry
- balance
- bare
- become
- befit
- behove
- ben trovato
- best
- better
- ceremonious
- childish
- colonize
- complete
- confiscate
- decent
- deliver
- deserve
- devilish
- dimension
- dress
- due
- duly
- eligible
- enshrine
- exemplar
- expect
- expedient
- extravagant
- eye
- fair
- felicitous
- fig
- fitting
- flippant
- funereal
- girlie
- good
- gun
- immature
Forum discussions with the word(s) "appropriate" in the title:
..argues the need for a policy...and the appropriate solution
[appropriate wording] an exit hallway (in the context of a building)
"level-appropriate" is compound adjective ?
About appropriate article and preposition
appropriate adverb
appropriate endings in informal letters
appropriate prior notice
Appropriate synonyms for "common people"
appropriate to / for
Appropriate verb for today's communication methods
Appropriate word for PERSONAL THINGS
arguably be useful or appropriate
As appropriate
At, in, etc, which is the appropriate preposition to locate?
available/proper/suitable/appropriate
behaviour and emotion as appropriate
Call me, when convenient/appropriate
Can "nothing" be an appropriate reply to "what's up"?
cheer up [appropriate after a disaster?]
considers (it) appropriate ?
deemed as appropriate
finding appropriate expression
finding appropriate verb..
Grammatical Q- where appropriate covering business and residential portfolios...
how an appropriate management can invalidate the good efforts
In search of an appropriate word or phrase
is "program" appropriate used?
Is "take care" appropriate to business connection
Is it appropriate to say "interested in"?
Is this appropriate?
more...
[appropriate wording] an exit hallway (in the context of a building)
"level-appropriate" is compound adjective ?
About appropriate article and preposition
appropriate adverb
appropriate endings in informal letters
appropriate prior notice
Appropriate synonyms for "common people"
appropriate to / for
Appropriate verb for today's communication methods
Appropriate word for PERSONAL THINGS
arguably be useful or appropriate
As appropriate
At, in, etc, which is the appropriate preposition to locate?
available/proper/suitable/appropriate
behaviour and emotion as appropriate
Call me, when convenient/appropriate
Can "nothing" be an appropriate reply to "what's up"?
cheer up [appropriate after a disaster?]
considers (it) appropriate ?
deemed as appropriate
finding appropriate expression
finding appropriate verb..
Grammatical Q- where appropriate covering business and residential portfolios...
how an appropriate management can invalidate the good efforts
In search of an appropriate word or phrase
is "program" appropriate used?
Is "take care" appropriate to business connection
Is it appropriate to say "interested in"?
Is this appropriate?
more...
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