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appropriate
adjective

UK  /əˈprəʊ.pri.ət / US  /əˈproʊ.pri.ət /

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suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion:

• appropriate footwear for the country

• appropriate for Is this film appropriate for small children?
• I didn't think his comments were very appropriate at the
time.
• Is this an appropriate occasion to discuss finance?
• Please complete the appropriate parts of this form (= the
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inappropriate
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verb [ T ] • formal ground

UK  /əˈprəʊ.pri.eɪt / US  /əˈproʊ.pri.eɪt /
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appropriate verb [T] (TAKE)

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to take something for your own use, usually without

permission:

• He lost his job when he was found to have appropriated

some of the company's money.
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appropriate verb [T] (KEEP MONEY)

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to keep an amount of money to use for a particular

purpose:

• The government have appropriated millions of pounds for

the project.

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(Definition of appropriate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary &

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appropriate | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

appropriate
adjective

US  /əˈproʊ·pri·ət /

appropriate adjective (CORRECT)

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correct or right for a particular situation or occasion:

• Punishment should be appropriate to the crime.

• I don’t have any appropriate clothes.

appropriately
adverb US  /əˈproʊ·pri·ət·li /

• Those kids aren’t appropriately dressed for the cold.

appropriateness
noun [ U ] US  /əˈproʊ·pri·ət·nəs /

• I wonder about the appropriateness of borrowing money

from my brother.

appropriate
verb [ T ]

US  /əˈproʊ·priˌeɪt /

appropriate verb [T] (TAKE)

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to take and use for a purpose:

• The state appropriated funds for more clinics.

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Appropriate also means to steal:

• He lost his job after he appropriated some of the company’s

money.

(Definition of appropriate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge

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EXAMPLES of appropriate

appropriate
If the project generates financial revenues, but they are lower than
for purely commercial investments, then perhaps an interest rate
subsidy would be most appropriate.
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Both suffer when the time available is reduced, but an appropriate

development methodology can in both cases minimize the damage.
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Nevertheless, we consider them here for their insight into systems

that acquire representations appropriate for a cognitive domain
through a learning process.
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A more appropriate interpretation is that the annuity swap

represents a market certainty equivalent to the option.
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The compactness of the base space can be replaced by the

appropriate uniformities.
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Reports should specify why an assessment has been undertaken

and, where appropriate, who has requested this work.
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Thus, the latter method is more appropriate to appraise a party's

regional electoral strength.
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We removed those children in order to have an appropriate variance

range.
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When a draft law arrives, it is considered by the appropriate

technical commissions.
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There has been research on teaching techniques for young

learners, but what task types are appropriate and efficient for testing
children is an under-researched area.
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Only 2 of the 193 respondents said that the teaching methods were
not very appropriate.
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Next, they were taught to define appropriate behaviors and to set

clear objectives for their child.
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In light of this, it would seem appropriate to try another analytical

approach that could be appropriate for strongly nonlinear systems.
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The third category includes culturally based value systems about

appropriate behaviour concerning animals and the environment.
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Varying combinations of muscle groups were stimulated and foot

switches were used to trigger each channel at the appropriate
period of the gait cycle.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
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適當的，恰當的, 合適的, 拿走…
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适当的，恰当的, 合适的, 拿⾛…

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in Spanish

apropiado, apropiado/da
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in Portuguese

apropriado, adequado,
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