American English pronunciation
How to pronounce appropriate
IPA transcription: [əp'ɹoʊpɹiət]
Pronunciation variants: [əp'ɹoʊpɹiət][əp'ɹoʊpɹi,eɪt]
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Verb
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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”
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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”
Adjective
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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”
Usage examples
- Timing and appropriateness of transplantation remain difficult decisions.
- However, occupational preferences should also be taken into account when appropriate.
- There's a variety of possibilities, but the checkerboard pattern doesn't seem appropriate here.
- The work appropriates the stance of Andy Warhol's screen print of Elvis Presley.
- When sepsis is diagnosed, appropriate local protocols should be enacted.
- Where there may be doubt, it will be labelled on the appropriate chart.
- There's a variety of possibilities, but the checkerboard pattern doesn't seem appropriate here.
- Online-only consultation may be inappropriate for people with a lived experience of mental illness.
- It is not appropriate if the system is time-based.
- Candidates supply a definition and an appropriate example for each term.