appropriate
US: /əˈpɹoʊpɹiˌeɪt/, /əˈpɹoʊpɹiət/
English Vietnamese dictionary
appropriate /ə'proupriit/
- tính từ
- (+ to, for) thích hợp, thích đáng
- (+ to, for) thích hợp, thích đáng
- ngoại động từ
- chiếm hữu, chiếm đoạt (làm của riêng)
- dành riêng (để dùng vào việc gì)
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb
+ adjective
to sth) suitable, acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances: an appropriate response / measure / method + Now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken. + Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party. + The book was written in a style appropriate to the age of the children. + Is now an appropriate time to make a speech? + Please debit my Mastercard / Visa / American Express card (delete as appropriate).
Antonym: INAPPROPRIATE
appropriately adverb: The government has been accused of not responding appropriately to the needs of the homeless. + The chain of volcanoes is known, appropriately enough, as the 'Ring of Fire'.
appropriateness noun [U]: He questioned the appropriateness of their methods.
+ verb [VN] (written)
1 to take sth, sb's ideas, etc. for your own use, especially illegally or without permission: He was accused of appropriating club funds. + Some of the opposition party's policies have been appropriated by the government.
2 ~ sth (for sth) to take or give sth, especially money for a particular purpose: Five million dollars has been appropriated for research into the disease.
Compare: MISAPPROPRIATE
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 suitable, apt, fitting, fit, proper, right, meet, becoming, befitting, seemly, suited, apropos, correct, germane, pertinent, happy, felicitous:
Will a dinner-jacket be appropriate attire? She has written a poem appropriate to the occasion.
v.
2 take, take over, seize, expropriate, arrogate, annex, impound; commandeer; steal, pilfer, filch, usurp, make away or off with, Colloq pinch, lift, Brit nick, US boost:
The police appropriated the paintings. Somebody has appropriated my chair.
3 set aside or apart, devote, assign, earmark, allot, apportion:
Most of the money has been appropriated for back taxes.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | consider sth, deem sth, think sth
It was thought appropriate to award her the prize.
ADV.
extremely, very | entirely, quite
PREP.
for
It might be appropriate for him to attend the course.
| to
Tutors can construct tests appropriate to individual students' needs.
Concise English dictionary
appropriates|appropriated|appropriatingə'prəʊprɪət
verb
+give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
+take possession of by force, as after an invasion
adj.
+suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
+appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
+meant or adapted for an occasion or use
+suitable and fitting
+being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
