ADJECTIVE | all | appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc |
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VERB | cognition | appropriate, allow, earmark, set aside, reserve | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
possession | appropriate, capture, seize, conquer | take possession of by force, as after an invasion |
Sounds | ahprow'priyaht; ahprow'priyey.t | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc. | |
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Examples |
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Attribute of | appropriateness | The quality of being specially suitable |
Narrower | befitting | Appropriate to |
grade-appropriate | The quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade | |
pat | exactly suited to the occasion | |
proper, right | Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs | |
See also | apropos | Of an appropriate or pertinent nature |
congruous, congruent | corresponding / corresponding in character or kind | |
fit | meeting adequate standards for a purpose | |
proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness | |
Opposite | inappropriate | not suitable for a particular occasion etc |
Spanish | apropiado | |
Catalan | adient, apropiat | |
Nouns | appropriateness | the quality of being specially suitable |
Adverbs | appropriately | in an appropriate manner |
Meaning | Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Synonyms | allow, earmark, set aside, reserve | |
Broader | assign, allot, portion | Give out |
Spanish | apartar, destinar, reservar | |
Catalan | assignar, destinar, reservar | |
Adjectives | appropriable | that can be appropriated |
Meaning | Take possession of by force, as after an invasion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonyms | capture, seize, conquer | |
Narrower | carry | capture after a fight / fight |
Broader | assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
Spanish | apoderarse, apoderar, captar, capturar, confiscar, conquistar, dominar, embargar, incautar, invadir, ocupar, tomar | |
Catalan | apoderar-se, apoderar, captar, capturar, confiscar, conquerir, embargar, incautar, prendre | |
Adjectives | appropriative | of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself |
Nouns | appropriator | someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission) |
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