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Meaning appropriate meaning

What does appropriate mean?
Definitions in simple English

appropriate Adjective

— If something is appropriate, it matches the situation. We suggest ways in which teachers may change their materials to make them more appropriate for bilingual students. It is the job of management to look at the problems and take appropriate action.

appropriate Verb

— If you appropriate something, you take it from somebody else and make it your own. By the end of this year, the total funds appropriated will be nearly $600 billion.

appropriate

— adjective suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc a book not appropriate for children a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity it seems that an apology is appropriate — verb (= earmark, set aside) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause I will earmark this money for your research She sets aside time for meditation every day — verb (= capture, seize) take possession of by force, as after an invasion the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants The army seized the town The militia captured the castle

Synonyms appropriate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as appropriate?

appropriate English » English

suitable proper fitting fit right becoming adequate apt seize reasonable due applicable opportune decent convenient seemly relevant pertinent timely take possession of suit expedient valid usurp reserve just earmark correct befitting assign well-matched take suited sufficient set aside pat necessary good felicitous eligible compatible assume allocate adopt acceptable worthy sensible needed handy equivalent

Topics appropriate topics

What do people use appropriate to talk about?
States Quality Good

Right, proper
Social behavior Law Justice

Deserve
States Quality Good Right, proper

Wrong, unsuitable

Conjugation appropriate conjugation

How do you conjugate appropriate?

appropriate · verb

Examples appropriate examples

How do I use appropriate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'll talk to you at a more appropriate time.
The question was completely appropriate.
These clothes are not appropriate for a cold winter day.
This showy dress isn't appropriate for me.
Was that word appropriate in that situation?
You should take the appropriate measures at the appropriate time.
Her behavior was appropriate to the occasion.
His story wasn't appropriate for the occasion.
The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.
I looked in my closet for something to wear, but couldn't find anything appropriate for the occasion.
Tom didn't think what Mary was wearing was appropriate for the occasion.
Tom thought Mary's dress wasn't appropriate for the occasion.
I added a picture and hope that you find it appropriate.
Tom didn't think it would be appropriate for John to give Mary a pearl necklace.
Please forward this message along with the seminar information to the appropriate managers in your firm.
That was not at all an appropriate remark.
Please review the contents and provide any appropriate feedback.
Contact the appropriate customer service helpline if the device does not operate properly.
Can you recommend an appropriate dictionary?
Next time, you should wear something more appropriate.
It seemed appropriate.
Do you really think it's appropriate to put a sentence like that on Tatoeba?
However, the moment was not very appropriate.

Movie subtitles

The tomb of Emperor YongIe at ChangIing is an appropriate place to reflect on the huge opportunity that China missed.
And then we can discuss the appropriate medications.
Then depending on who draws the murderer's card, they need to locate the weapon and get it to the appropriate room?
I look forward to introducing you to more appropriate friends, George.
To that end, the Steinem Publishing Group is offering what we consider an appropriate amount, in exchange for Ms. Stanley agreeing not to pursue the matter further.
And this is a delicate subject, and I want to make sure that if we draw a conclusion, it's the appropriate one.
Prepare to receive them in an appropriate manner.
The appropriate edict is in the hands of Mister Oppenheimer.
In our encyclopedia, Mr. Totten shall receive an appropriate amount of space.
Looking for his woman when he isn't home isn't very. appropriate.
You must let me choose something appropriate for you. Something not too difficult for you to understand.
That's a very appropriate question.
It is peculiarly appropriate that we meet here tonight to honor one who has valiantly fought for that freedom.
I'm trying to think of something appropriate.
Dorothy, don't you think it might be more appropriate. -. ifyouwroteinvitationsafterthetrial?
You know, I think it's rather appropriate.
What could be more appropriate?
You don't need it. I'll tell you something much more appropriate.
I'm trying to think of something appropriate. How'd you get in here?
And then strike him down with unlovelier but more appropriate weapons.
It seemed appropriate that he who had lived amidst the cannon's roar should die explosively.
I mean that not only do I know that you're blackmailing me, an ugly word, but the only appropriate one, but I also know that you're bluffing me.
Very appropriate.
Came calm and played some bottles on the table. Your Lordship knows where appropriate, to talk about sensitivity.
Justice demands the only appropriate sentence for his murderer. Death!
After all, I could think of lots of much more appropriate names for you.
Maybe the misses can think of an appropriate name.
Oh, I think something with a black edge around it might be appropriate.
No matter what, appropriate measures will be taken in plenty of time.
It is not appropriate!
Meanwhile, considering the gravity of our next announcement. I think this is more appropriate.
Not appropriate, eh?
It's most appropriate, isn't it?
I am sorry not to be able to be grateful for it in a more appropriate way.
I'm taking appropriate measures.
Your gift is exquisitely appropriate, young Arrius.

News and current affairs

Many individual donor countries have declared that they are now prepared to increase their financial support for smallholder agriculture, but are searching for the appropriate mechanisms to do so.
The acronym was entirely appropriate.
Recent IMF experience suggests that, through appropriate coordination, private funds could be mobilized for big private-public partnership projects linking demand expansion with infrastructure investment.
A NATO summit, during which all members would take stock of the situation and draw the appropriate conclusions, is therefore long overdue.
Their agenda is more pressing, and their problems, frankly, far more serious than ours, which makes it much more urgent for them to develop theories appropriate to the challenges they face.
Increasingly, adaptation at the national level will be recognized as a major issue that will require appropriate funding.
Periodic meetings between the appropriate committees of the US Congress and the European Parliament would also be of great importance, as ultimately both bodies will have to ratify any international treaties.
The problem for whoever is elected president in 2008 will be to find appropriate realistic means to advance democratic values and adjust official rhetoric accordingly.
The model is simple: Countries assess their own situation, using tools that they develop and that are appropriate to the context, in order to formulate a vision and a plan to consolidate peace and achieve prosperity.
Like the artists and their art, the country could elevate itself from the dichotomies of old-new, past-present, and traditional-modern to project an image appropriate to our globalizing age.
A person who is morally sensitive to the seriousness of starting a war on the basis of misleading information would take appropriate steps.
But widespread sharing is not always needed or appropriate.
Only when we understand this can we develop appropriate and concrete policies.
This is where the real test of cooperation lies, for our success will rely on securing the appropriate interaction and flow of intelligence between the relevant services and the financial and banking communities.
CHICAGO - With the world's industrial democracies in crisis, two competing narratives of its sources - and appropriate remedies - are emerging.
Only by demonstrating professionalism in its work, and willingness to hold senior government figures accountable where appropriate, can the ICC engender broad and lasting support.
That seems an entirely appropriate expression for what we have been witnessing.
For countries with solvency problems, an adjustment program like those for Greece, Ireland, or Portugal would be appropriate.
America's departure from Mesopotamia will likewise put the burden of problem solving onto Iraqis and other regional players, leaving the US offshore to assist when and where it deems appropriate.
It is about reforming an education system that fails America's young people (and about providing appropriate retraining to those who need it).
The appropriate timing of fiscal retrenchment is, in fact, difficult to decide.
On the principle that if something is inevitable, it is wise to welcome it, the appropriate response in London and New York is to find ways of collaborating with these new centers.
In some cases, with appropriate government action, they could double or even triple food production in just a few years.

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