Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
- transitive verb To set apart for a specific use.
- transitive verb To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; suitable; fit; befitting; proper.
- Synonyms Apt, becoming, in keeping, felicitous.
- noun Peculiar characteristic; attribute; proper function; property.
- To take to one's self in exclusion of others; claim or use as by an exclusive right: as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
- In general, to take for any use; put to use.
- To set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use, in exclusion of all other purposes or uses: as, Congress appropriated more money than was needed; to appropriate a spot of ground for a garden.
- In ecclesiastical law, to annex, as a benefice, to an ecclesiastical corporation, for its perpetual use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
- noun obsolete A property; attribute.
- transitive verb To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right.
- transitive verb To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with
to orfor - transitive verb Archaic To make suitable; to suit.
- transitive verb (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Set apart for a particular use or person;
reserved . - adjective Hence, belonging peculiarly;
peculiar ;suitable ;fit ;proper . - adjective Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness;
socially correct ;socially discreet ;well-mannered ;proper . - verb transitive, archaic To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.
- verb transitive 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."
- verb transitive To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others;—with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
- verb transitive, UK, ecclesiastical, law To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- adjective suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
- verb take possession of by force, as after an invasion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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The term "appropriate," like most institutional language, manages to give the appearance of clarity while retaining its ability to shift its focus as needed.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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HEMMER: Is the title appropriate, "Hollywood Animal?"
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In the search for new strategies many people have begun to reflect on elementary technologies; the term appropriate technology has become a buzzword.
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Development workers often use the term appropriate technology to refer to practical, simple THINGS - such as tools, instruments, or machines - that people can make, use, and repair themselves using local resources.
Chapter 18 1984
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The term appropriate technology has been used to mean many things.
Chapter 14 1982
librarymistress commented on the word appropriate
I like this word since hearing it in a song by Alanis Morissette (All I really want): "My sweater is on backwards and inside out. And you say how appropriate"...
October 30, 2007
oroboros commented on the word appropriate
Appropriate funds; approriate conduct
November 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word appropriate
ApPropriaTe
April 24, 2008