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ap·pro·pri·ate
(ə-prō′prē-ĭt)adj.
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
tr.v. (-āt′) ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing, ap·pro·pri·ates
1. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.
2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: My coworker appropriated my unread newspaper.
[Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropriātus, past participle of appropriāre, to make one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own; see per in Indo-European roots.]
ap·pro′pri·ate·ly adv.
ap·pro′pri·ate·ness n.
ap·pro′pri·a′tive (-ā′tĭv) adj.
ap·pro′pri·a′tor n.
Synonyms: appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate
These verbs mean to seize for oneself or as one's right: appropriated the family car; arrogated the chair at the head of the table; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating stolen property. See Also Synonyms at allocate.
These verbs mean to seize for oneself or as one's right: appropriated the family car; arrogated the chair at the head of the table; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating stolen property. See Also Synonyms at allocate.
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Adv. | 1. | appropriately - in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" inappropriately, unsuitably - in an inappropriate manner; "he was inappropriately dressed" |
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Translations
بِصورَة مُلائِمَة، بِصورَة مُناسِبَه
vhodně
á viîeigandi hátt
primerno
uygun şekilde
appropriately
[əˈprəʊprɪɪtlɪ] ADV [dress] → apropiadamente; [respond] → apropiadamente, adecuadamente; [act] → debidamenteappropriately dressed for the occasion → vestido apropiadamente para la ocasión, vestido acorde con la ocasión
it's entitled, appropriately enough, "Art for the Nation" → se titula, muy apropiadamente, "Arte para la Nación"
they have committed a crime and they must be punished appropriately → han cometido un crimen y deben recibir el correspondiente castigo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
appropriately
[əˈprəʊpriətli] adv (= suitably) [dress, act, behave] → de manière appropriée, convenablement; [respond, react] → avec à-proposCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
appropriately
adv → treffend; dressed → passend (for, to für), entsprechend (→ for, to +dat); (= to fit particular needs) designed, equipped → entsprechend (→ for, to +dat), → zweckmäßig (for, to für); appropriately enough the letter arrived at that very moment → passenderweise kam der Brief genau in dem Augenblick; rather appropriately she was called Goldilocks → der Name Goldköpfchen passte sehr gut zu ihr
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
appropriately
[əˈprəʊprɪɪtlɪ] adv → in modo adatto or appropriatohe was appropriately insured → era assicurato in modo adeguato or convenientemente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
appropriate
(əˈprəupriət) adjective suitable; proper. Her clothes were appropriate to the occasion; Complain to the appropriate authority.
apˈpropriateness nounapˈpropriately adverb
suitably. appropriately dressed for the occasion.
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