ENGLISH: appropriate - CREOLE: aprpriye



Overview of verb appropriate



The verb appropriate has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (11) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve -- (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")

2. (1) appropriate, capture, seize, conquer -- (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")



Overview of adj appropriate



The adj appropriate has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (29) appropriate -- (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. (4) advantageous, appropriate -- (appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness)

3. (1) appropriate, suitable, suited -- (meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy")

4. (1) appropriate, harmonious -- (suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing")

5. apposite, appropriate, apt, pertinent -- (being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply")

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