APPROPRIATE


Meaning of APPROPRIATE in English

adj. 25B6; adjective this isn't the appropriate time : SUITABLE, proper, fitting, apt, right; relevant, pertinent, apposite; convenient, opportune; seemly, befitting; formal ad rem; archaic meet.

unsuitable.

25B6; verb

the barons appropriated church lands : SEIZE, commandeer, expropriate, annex, arrogate, sequestrate, sequester, take over, hijack; steal, take; informal swipe, nab, bag; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, nick.

his images have been appropriated by advertisers : PLAGIARIZE, copy; poach, steal, ‘borrow’; informal rip off.

we are appropriating funds for these expenses : ALLOCATE, assign, allot, earmark, set aside, devote, apportion.

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