appropriate meaning
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[əˈpɹəʊ.pɹiː.ɪt] [əˈpɹəʊ.pɹiː.ət] [əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.ɪt] [əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.ət] [əˈpɹəʊ.pɹiː.eɪt] [əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt] 
US US - VerbSGappropriatesPRappropriatingPT, PPappropriatedSUF-iate
- AdjectiveCOMmore appropriateSUPmost appropriate
- OBS Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
- Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
- The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.
- Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
- I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.
- While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.
- OBS Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I've never met his mother, so I'm grasping at straws for an appropriate gift for her.
- as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like 'steam-punks', perhaps...
- It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Once a business gets off the ground, a different management style may become appropriate.
- There was no time of day that ever seemed appropriate.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of appropriate in English Dictionary
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Grammatically, this word "appropriate" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.