Appropriate

Adjective

 * 1) Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
 * 2) Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
 * 3)  Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

Verb

 * 1)  To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.
 * 2)  To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, "let no man appropriate  the use of a common benefit."
 * 3)  To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others;&mdash;with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
 * 4)  To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

Adverbs for Appropriate
selfishly; unceremoniously; thievishly; eagerly; doubtfully; reverently; solely; wastefully; adequately; fraudulently; extravagantly;lavishly.

Synonyms for Appropriate

 * (suited for) apt, felicitous, fitting, suitable
 * (verb) take, assign, assume, arrogate, usurp, seize
 * (adjective) opportune, suitable, becoming, proper, applicable.

Antonyms for Appropriate

 * (verb) give, bestow
 * (adjective) inappropriate, unsuitable, unfitting, inept.

Derived terms

 * appropriateness

Thesaurus
a propos; absorb; abstract; acceptable; according to Hoyle; accroach; ad rem; adapted; admissible; adopt; advantageous; advisable; agreeable; allocate; allot; and; annex; appertaining; applicable; applying; appoint; apportion; apposite; appropriate; appropriate to; apropos; apt; arrogate; assign; assign to; assimilate; assume; auspicious; bag; banausic; becoming; befitting; belonging; beneficial; boost; borrow; characteristic; civil; claim; colonize; comely; commandeer; commodious; condign; confiscate; congruous; conquer; conscript; convenient; cop; copy; correct; crib; decent; decorous; defraud; derive from; deserved; desirable; desired; despoil; destine; detail; devote; digest; distinctive; distinguished; dovetailing; draft; due; earmark; eligible; embezzle; employable; encroach; enjoyable; enslave; entitled; exact; expedient; expropriate; extort; fair; fate; favorable; feasible; felicitous; filch; fit; fitted; fitten; fitting; forage; fortunate; fructuous; functional; geared; genteel; germane; good; good for; grab; grasp; happy; helpful; hog; hook; idiocratic; idiosyncratic; imitate; impound; in character; in point; indent; infringe; infringe a copyright; inspired; intrinsic; invade; involving; jump a claim; just; just right; kosher; lay hold of; lift; likely; lot; lucky; make assignments; make free with; make off with; make use of; mark off; mark out for; marked; material; meet; merited; meshing; metabolize; mock; monopolize; nice; nick; nip; normal; normative; occupy; of general utility; of help; of service; of use; on the button; opportune; ordain; overrun; palm; pat; peculiar; pertaining; pertinent; pilfer; pinch; pirate; plagiarize; play God; pleasant; poach; politic; portion off; practical; pragmatical; predigest; preempt; preoccupy; prepossess; press; pretend to; profitable; proper; propitious; providential; purloin; qualified; quintessential; raid; recommendable; relevant; requisite; requisition; reserve; restrict; restrict to; right; right and proper; righteous; rightful; ripe; run away with; rustle; schedule; scrounge; seasonable; seemly; seize; sequester; serviceable; set; set apart; set aside; set off; shoplift; simulate; single; singular; sit on; snare; snatch; snitch; sortable; spoil; squat on; steal; subjugate; suitable; suited; suiting; swindle; swipe; tag; tailored; take; take all of; take it all; take on; take over; take possession of; take up; thieve; timely; to be desired; to the point; to the purpose; trespass; true to form; unique; urbane; useful; usurp; utilitarian; walk off with; well-chosen; well-expressed; well-put; well-timed; wise; worthwhile; worthy; wrench

Etymology
From appropriaten:, from  appropriatus:, past participle of approprio:, from ad: + proprio:, from proprius:.

Pronunciation

 * Adjective


 * Verb

Adjective

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, osoitettu
 * German: zugewiesen
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: sahiplenmek


 * Arabic: مناسب
 * Armenian: համապատասխան,
 * Bulgarian: подходящ, уместен,  съответен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 適當, 适当,  恰當,  恰当
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:, příslušný
 * Dutch: geschikt, passend, toepasselijk
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: approprié
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: (katállilos)
 * Hiligaynon:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian: egnet, formålstjenlig,  passende,  hensiktsmessig
 * Polish: odpowiedni, właściwy, stosowny
 * Russian: соответствующий, подходящий
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: lämplig, tillbörlig
 * Turkish: muvfafık, uygun, yerinde
 * Welsh: priodol


 * Armenian:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: illő,
 * Norwegian: velegnet


 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: biçilmiş kaftan, layık, yakışık alır, isabetli
 * Welsh: priodol

Verb

 * Bulgarian: присвоявам си
 * Dutch: zich toeëigenen
 * German:


 * Hungarian: kisajátít
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: определям, предназначавам
 * Dutch:
 * German: zuweisen
 * Hungarian: elkülönít


 * Japanese: 充当する (jūtō suru)
 * Spanish: designar
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Swahili:


 * German:
 * Norwegian:


 * Swahili:

Adjective
appropriate


 * 1) Feminine plural form of appropriato