Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to describe things that you consider to be real and satisfactory rather than inadequate in some way.
Two out of five people lack a ~ job...
I always cook a ~ evening meal.
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2.
The ~ thing is the one that is correct or most suitable.
The Supreme Court will ensure that the ~ procedures have been followed...
He helped to put things in their ~ place.
= right
? wrong
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3.
If you say that a way of behaving is ~, you mean that it is considered socially acceptable and right.
In those days it was not thought entirely ~ for a woman to be on the stage...
= fitting
? im~
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4.
You can add ~ after a word to indicate that you are referring to the central and most important part of a place, event, or object and want to distinguish it from other things which are not regarded as being important or central to it.
A distinction must be made between archaeology ~ and science-based archaeology.
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