Meaning of "appropriate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APPROPRIATE

From Late Latin appropriāre to make one's own, from Latin proprius one's own.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF APPROPRIATE

appropriate  [əˈprəʊprɪɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPROPRIATE

Appropriate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb appropriate in English.

WHAT DOES APPROPRIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Etiquette

Etiquette is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group. The French word étiquette, literally signifying a tag or label, was used in a modern sense in English around 1750. From the 1500s through the early 1900s, children learned etiquette at school. Etiquette has changed and evolved over the years.

Definition of appropriate in the English dictionary

The first definition of appropriate in the dictionary is right or suitable; fitting. Other definition of appropriate is particular; own. Appropriate is also to take for one's own use, esp illegally or without permission.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO APPROPRIATE

PRESENT

Present

I appropriate

you appropriate

he/she/it appropriates

we appropriate

you appropriate

they appropriate

Present continuous

I am appropriating

you are appropriating

he/she/it is appropriating

we are appropriating

you are appropriating

they are appropriating

Present perfect

I have appropriated

you have appropriated

he/she/it has appropriated

we have appropriated

you have appropriated

they have appropriated

Present perfect continuous

I have been appropriating

you have been appropriating

he/she/it has been appropriating

we have been appropriating

you have been appropriating

they have been appropriating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I appropriated

you appropriated

he/she/it appropriated

we appropriated

you appropriated

they appropriated

Past continuous

I was appropriating

you were appropriating

he/she/it was appropriating

we were appropriating

you were appropriating

they were appropriating

Past perfect

I had appropriated

you had appropriated

he/she/it had appropriated

we had appropriated

you had appropriated

they had appropriated

Past perfect continuous

I had been appropriating

you had been appropriating

he/she/it had been appropriating

we had been appropriating

you had been appropriating

they had been appropriating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will appropriate

you will appropriate

he/she/it will appropriate

we will appropriate

you will appropriate

they will appropriate

Future continuous

I will be appropriating

you will be appropriating

he/she/it will be appropriating

we will be appropriating

you will be appropriating

they will be appropriating

Future perfect

I will have appropriated

you will have appropriated

he/she/it will have appropriated

we will have appropriated

you will have appropriated

they will have appropriated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been appropriating

you will have been appropriating

he/she/it will have been appropriating

we will have been appropriating

you will have been appropriating

they will have been appropriating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would appropriate

you would appropriate

he/she/it would appropriate

we would appropriate

you would appropriate

they would appropriate

Conditional continuous

I would be appropriating

you would be appropriating

he/she/it would be appropriating

we would be appropriating

you would be appropriating

they would be appropriating

Conditional perfect

I would have appropriate

you would have appropriate

he/she/it would have appropriate

we would have appropriate

you would have appropriate

they would have appropriate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been appropriating

you would have been appropriating

he/she/it would have been appropriating

we would have been appropriating

you would have been appropriating

they would have been appropriating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you appropriate
we let´s appropriate
you appropriate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to appropriate

Past participle

appropriated

Present Participle

appropriating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «APPROPRIATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «appropriate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of appropriate

acquire · allocate · allot · allow · annex · applicable · apportion · apposite · appurtenant · apropos · apt · arrogate · assign · assume · becoming · befitting · belonging · blag · budget · claim · commandeer · confiscate · congruous · correct · designate · devote · earmark · embezzle · expropriate · felicitous · filch · fit · fitting · germane · heist · impound · knock off · lift · meet · misappropriate · nick · opportune · peculate · pertinent · pilfer · pinch · pirate · plagiarize · poach · pocket · pre-empt · proper · purloin · relevant · right · seemly · seize · set aside · snitch · steal · suitable · suited · swipe · take · take over · thieve · to the point · trouser · usurp · well-suited · well-timed

TRANSLATION OF APPROPRIATE

Find out the translation of appropriate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of appropriate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «appropriate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 适当的
• Translator English - Spanish: apropiado
• English: appropriate
• Translator English - Hindi: उपयुक्त
• Translator English - Arabic: مُلَائِم
• Translator English - Russian: соответствующий
• Translator English - Portuguese: apropriado
• Translator English - Bengali: যথাযথ
• Translator English - French: approprié
• Translator English - Malay: Sesuai
• Translator English - German: passend
• Translator English - Japanese: 適切な
• Translator English - Korean: 적합한
• Translator English - Javanese: Cocok
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thích hợp
• Translator English - Tamil: அதற்கான
• Translator English - Marathi: योग्य
• Translator English - Turkish: uygun
• Translator English - Italian: adatto
• Translator English - Polish: odpowiedni
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відповідний
• Translator English - Romanian: potrivit
• Translator English - Greek: κατάλληλος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: toepaslike
• Translator English - Swedish: lämplig
• Translator English - Norwegian: passende

10 QUOTES WITH «APPROPRIATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word appropriate.

1

Chris Abani

The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.

2

Kathleen Battle

Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them will be the spiritual. What I bring to this is the best of my classical training - not all of it. I apply what is appropriate.

3

Warren Bennis

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

4

Andrew Bernstein

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

5

Michael Bloomberg

Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.

6

Edward de Bono

In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.

7

Heather Brooke

It seems appropriate that the author of '1984' was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British public's lamb-like disposition toward its leaders could be exploited to create a police state.

8

Anatole Broyard

The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.

9

Charles Buck

Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate to Saturday, or the Seventh day both by sacred and ecclesiastical writers.

10

LeVar Burton

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPROPRIATE»

Discover the use of appropriate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to appropriate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Appropriate Methodology and Social Context

Appropriate Methodology and Social Context investigates this state of affairs by looking at the wider social context of what happens between teachers and students.

Adrian Holliday, 1994

Appropriate Christianity

Appropriate Christianity consists of 28 chapters by 18 authors approaching contextualization in three dimensions: truth, allegiance and spiritual power.

Charles H. Kraft, 2005

Linguistically Appropriate Practice: A Guide for Working ...

This path-breaking book provides a convincing argument for the importance of children's home languages and the benefits of dual- and multi-language learning.

Roma Chumak-Horbatsch, 2012

Field Guide to Appropriate Technology

This book is an all-in-one "hands-on guide" for nontechnical and technical people working in less developed communities.

Barrett Hazeltine, Christopher Bull, 2003

Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum and ...

Section V, available on the book's website, discusses how teachers can make changes that result in more developmentally appropriate practices and how to gain support for those changes with families and communities.

Carol Gestwicki, 2013

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

This edition, thoroughly revised to reflect the new NAEYC position statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice, also includes new content on aligning early childhood teaching practices with national education standards, in addition to ...

Carol Gestwicki, 2010

Integrated Curriculum and Developmentally Appropriate ...

Combines research and practice on integrated developmentally appropriate curriculum that helps theorists, researchers, parents, and teachers understand how to match early childhood teaching practices to the integrated manner that young ...

Craig H. Hart, Diane C. Burts, Rosalind Charlesworth, 1997

Corporate Conversations: A Guide to Crafting Effective and ...

The book covers a broad range of issues, including: * the four types of corporate and business communications (human resources, business-related, legal, and informal)* how to communicate bad news* managing employee-to-employee ...

Shel Holtz, 2004

Appropriate technology sourcebook: a guide to practical ...

The APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK is your complete & up-to-date guide to sustainable living. Since 1975, the AT SOURCEBOOK has been the standard reference for people interested in simple, small scale, sustainable technologies.

Ken Darrow, Mike Saxenian, Volunteers in Asia, inc. Appropriate Technology Project, 1986

Appropriate Technologies for Third World Development: ...

Adaptation of technologies to available resources Paul Bourrires. On appropriate technology. The availability of appropriate technologies. Intermediate technologies in China's rurual industries.

Edward Austin Gossage Robinson, International Economic Association, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPROPRIATE»

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Nurses at A&E who assessed dying man had not received the …

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'Not appropriate' for Minister to go on QandA

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Zagreb HDZ branch to propose naming appropriate Zagreb square …

The opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party branch in Zagreb said on Monday that it would submit an official proposal to the Zagreb ... «Dalje.com, Jul 15»

Two appropriate reactions to different situations

I saw a serious question posed on a popular futbol thread expressing outrage at Gonzalo Higuain's assassination on social media after his ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»

'Home' appropriate movie for all ages, others suitable for ages 12 …

This is because many popular family movies have elements of violence, language, and more that are not appropriate for children. PG and ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»

Letter: Presidential response appropriate

Having read Pat Gordon's July 1 letter, "Tension stoked by White House," blaming President Barrack Obama for stoking the fires of racial ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»

St Stephens' Molestation: UGC Told to Take Appropriate Measures

The complainant had withdrawn her complaint from the ICC on June 21 claiming that she has lost faith in the committee's proceedings. «NDTV, Jul 15»

Haiti - Economy : «Agriculture as a growth locomotive is appropriate …

Friday at the Kinam Hotel, the Ministry of Economy and Finance organized a two-day seminar-workshop on the broad guidelines of the ... «Haitilibre.com, Jul 15»

Appropriate Sexual Behaviour: What Parents Should Teach Young …

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US trans students win right to use appropriate gender toilets

The US Department of Justice has ruled that trans students have the right to use the appropriate facilities for their gender. The decision was in ... «PinkNews, Jul 15»