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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : adjective uh-proh-pree-it; verb uh-proh-pree-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective əˈproʊ pri ɪt; verb əˈproʊ priˌeɪt

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Définition of appropriate

Origin :
  • early 15c., "take possession of," from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, adpropriare (c.450) "to make one's own," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Related: Appropriated; appropriating.
  • adj suitable
  • verb set aside; allocate
  • verb steal
Example sentences :
  • I understood precisely why the name of 'Reddy' was appropriate to you.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The dining-hall was decorated for the occasion with appropriate portraits.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • Aside to audience in comic despair, with appropriate gesture.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • But he did not have the work acted; it was sung in costume with a background of appropriate scenery.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • They were appropriate to the place, and had been beautifully set to music.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Then, being all in all to one another, there was even an appropriate grace in the lock.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He took Clennam's card and appropriate pecuniary compliment.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • His manner of imparting information, is thoughtful, and appropriate to the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • At every annual meeting he has delivered an appropriate address.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • I should advise you to appropriate the expression when speaking of her eyes.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

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