Meaning

5 senses
  1. Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.

    The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.

    1798-1801, Beilby Porteus, Lecture XI delivered in the Parish Church of St. James, Westminster in its strict and appropriate meaning

    angebracht, angemessen, passend

    соотве́тствующийsootvétstvujuščij, подходя́щийpodxodjáščij

    відпові́днийvidpovídnyj, підходя́щийpidxodjáščyj

  2. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

    I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the checkout that my hairpiece looked like it was falling out of place.

    While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.

    angebracht, angemessen

    уме́стныйuméstnyj, подходя́щийpodxodjáščij

  3. Of an action or thing: morally good; positive.

    Rescuing animals is an appropriate thing to do.

  4. Of an action or thing: pleasant.

  5. (obsolete)Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

    zugewiesen

    suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

Examples

261 sentences
  1. Your speech was appropriate for the occasion.

    Ваша мова була відповідною для цього випадку.

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  2. It seemed appropriate.

    Це здавалося доречним.

    ruЭто казалось приемлемым.

    deEs erschien angemessen.

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  3. Is this appropriate?

    Чи це доречно?

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  4. That probably wouldn't be considered appropriate.

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  5. What Tom is wearing isn't appropriate.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
peculiar, suitable, fit, proper:
Русский
By meaning 2
peculiar, suitable, fit, proper:
suitable to social situation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
peculiar, suitable, fit, proper:
obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person:

Origin

From Middle English appropriat (“appropriated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and E

From Middle English appropriat (“appropriated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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Forms

more appropriate, most appropriate
Comparativemore appropriate Lesson
Superlativemost appropriate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
suited for:aptC1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • wasn't appropriate for
  • wearing was appropriate
  • appropriate for the
  • would be appropriate
  • an an appropriate
  • seem appropriate
  • appropriate time

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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