Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

    Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

    aneignen

    присва́иватьprisváivatʹ, присво́итьprisvóitʹ

    привласнюватиpryvlasnjuvaty

  2. (transitive)To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

    A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.

    to appropriate money for the increase of the navy

    zuweisen

    ассигнова́тьassignovátʹ, выделя́тьvydeljátʹ, вы́делитьvýdelitʹ

    асигнуватиasyhnuvaty, виділятиvydiljaty

    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

  3. (UK, transitive)To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

    aneignen

  4. (archaic, transitive)To make suitable to; to suit.

    anpassen

    приспосо́битьprisposóbitʹ, приспособля́тьprisposobljátʹ, приспоса́бливатьprisposáblivatʹ

Examples

261 sentences

  1. Your speech was appropriate for the occasion.

    Ваша мова була відповідною для цього випадку. — rmdas

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  2. It seemed appropriate.

    Це здавалося доречним. — Ahha

    ruЭто казалось приемлемым. — Smoky

    deEs erschien angemessen. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Is this appropriate?

    Чи це доречно? — Ahha

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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

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to take to oneself in exclusion of others:
to set apart for:
Русский
By meaning 3
to take to oneself in exclusion of others:
to set apart for:
to make suitable:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to take to oneself in exclusion of others:
to set apart for:
to make suitable:

Origin

From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from La

From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from Latin appropriātus, perfect passive participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + propriō (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

appropriates, appropriating, appropriated, appropriated
Base formappropriate · to appropriate
3rd person singularappropriates
Present participleappropriating
Past simpleappropriated
Past participleappropriated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyappropriate
he, she, itappropriates

Past simpleLesson

all personsappropriated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave appropriated
he, she, ithas appropriated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill appropriate

Synonyms

11 synonyms
stealA2impropriateearmark
to take to oneself:help oneself
to set apart for:allocate
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Relatedappropriableappropriativeappropriator
Derivedappropriaterdisappropriatemalappropriatemisappropriatereappropriateunappropriate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
approachingapprobationappropriatelyB2appropriationapprovalB1approveB1

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