Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act or instance of appropriating.

    Aneignung

    привласненняpryvlasnennja, привласнюванняpryvlasnjuvannja, присвоєнняprysvojennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)That which is appropriated.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.

    money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

  4. (countable, uncountable)The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.

  6. (countable, uncountable)In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Cultural appropriation is a nuanced topic.

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  2. What is cultural appropriation?

    ruЧто такое культурная апроприация?

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  3. Cultural appropriation isn't a thing.

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  4. Cultural appropriation isn't cultural appreciation.

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  5. The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of appropriating, or something appropriated:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of appropriating, or something appropriated:

Origin

From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By su

From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By surface analysis, appropriate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: appropriations
Singularappropriation
Pluralappropriations

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Synonyms

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Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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