Definitions for appropriate
əˈproʊ pri ɪt; -ˌeɪtap·pro·pri·ate

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. appropriateverb

   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"

2. allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserveverb

   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"

3. appropriate, capture, seize, conquerverb

   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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. appropriateverb

   To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.

2. appropriateverb

   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. appropriateverb

   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.

4. appropriateverb

   To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

5. appropriateadjective

   Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

6. appropriateadjective

   Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

7. appropriateadjective

   Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Appropriateadjective

   Peculiar; consigned to some particular use or person.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   He did institute a band of fifty archers, by the name of yeomen of his guard; and that it might be thought to be rather a matter of dignity, than any matter of diffidence appropriate to his own case, he made an ordinance not temporary, but to hold in succession for ever. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   The heathens themselves had an apprehension of the necessity of some appropriate acts of divine worship. Edward Stillingfleet.

2. To APPROPRIATEverb

   Etymology: approprier, Fr. approprio, low Lat.

   1. To consign to some particular use or person.

   Things sanctified were thereby in such sort appropriated unto God, as that they might never afterwards again be made common. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 20.

   As for this spot of ground, this person, this thing, I have selected and appropriated, I have inclosed it to myself and my own use; and I will endure no sharer, no rival or companion in it. South.

   Some they appropriated to the gods,
   And some to publick, some to private ends. Wentworth Dillon.

   Marks of honour are appropriated to the magistrate, that he might be invited to reverence himself. Francis Atterbury.

   2. To claim or exercise an exclusive right.

   To themselves appropriating
   The spirit of God, promis’d alike, and giv’n
   To all believers. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii.

   Why should people engross and appropriate the common benefits of fire, air, and water, to themselves? Roger L'Estrange.

   Every body else has an equal title to it; and therefore he cannot appropriate, he cannot inclose, without the consent of all his fellow commoners, all mankind. John Locke.

   3. To make peculiar to something; to annex.

   He need but be furnished with verses of sacred scripture; and his system, that has appropriated them to the orthodoxy of his church, makes them immediately irrefragable arguments. John Locke, Essay on St. Paul’s Epistles.

   We, by degrees, get ideas and names, and learn their appropriated connection one with another. John Locke.

   4. In law, to alienate a benefice. See Appropriation.

   Before Richard II. it was lawful to appropriate the whole fruits of a benefice to any abbey, the house finding one to serve the cure; that kind redressed that horrid evil. John Ayliffe, Parerg.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Appropriateadjective

   set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper

2. Appropriateverb

   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. Appropriateverb

   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

4. Appropriateverb

   to make suitable; to suit

5. Appropriateverb

   to annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property

6. Appropriatenoun

   a property; attribute

7. Etymology: [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Appropriate

   ap-prō′pri-āt, v.t. to make the private property of any one: to take to one's self as one's own: to set apart for a purpose: (arch.) to select as suitable (with to).—adj. set apart for a particular purpose: peculiar: suitable.—adv. Appropriately.—ns. Apprō′priateness; Appropriā′tion, the act of appropriating: in Church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish: in Constitutional law, the principle, that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.—adj. Apprō′priative.—ns. Apprō′priativeness; Apprō′priator, one who appropriates.—Appropriation clause, a clause in a parliamentary bill, allotting revenue to any special purpose or purposes. [L. appropriāre, -ātum—ad, to, proprius, one's own. See Proper.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. appropriate

   For a specific, fair and just purpose.

   It was appropriate that they invited their sister's partner to their wedding also.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 5, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'appropriate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #879

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'appropriate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1142

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'appropriate' in Adjectives Frequency: #101

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of appropriate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of appropriate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of appropriate in a Sentence

1. Hernandez Joseph:

   We condemn this attack, it is doubtlessly a horrible incident, a horrible attack and I am sure and I trust that the authorities will take all appropriate legal action.

2. Andrew Ceresney:

   Wedbush acknowledges that it granted access to thousands of overseas traders without having appropriate safeguards in place.

3. Anita Dunn:

   On January 6, we saw violence geared toward subverting democratic processes there. So it is you know, it's an appropriate place to make these remarks tonight.

4. Rebecca Ivers:

   Appropriate use of child car seats significantly reduces the risk of death and serious injury in the event of a crash, this means having straps tight enough, making sure no straps are twisted, that the seatbelt and buckles are fastened, and that any tether straps are correctly anchored.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   We're prepared to provide certainty that denuclearization isn't something that ends badly for them, we are prepared to make security assurances that are different and unique than America has been willing to provide previously. We think this is necessary and appropriate.

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