Question 1 · Quick check
appropriate
CEFRB2
/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt/
adjective · verb
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Suitable or right for a particular situation.
- 02
verb
To take or use something for a purpose.
Examples
But "experiment" is not the appropriate word.
Let no one appropriate a common benefit.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.ɪt/
- /əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsTo annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
verb
Extra meaningTo take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
More examples
In contextThese clothes are not appropriate for a cold winter day.
A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.
Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from Latin appropriātus, perfect passive participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + propriō (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).