APPROPRIATE


Meaning of APPROPRIATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ̘. ̈a.əˈprəuprɪɪt ]

adj. & v. --adj. (often foll. by to, for) 1 suitable or proper. 2 formal belonging or particular. --v.tr. 1 take possession of, esp. without authority. 2 devote (money etc.) to special purposes. øøappropriately adv. appropriateness n. appropriation n. appropriator n. [LL appropriatus past part. of appropriare (as AD-, proprius own)]

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