SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
appropriate
verb
To take something for one's own use, sometimes without permission.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
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A useful distinction
The featured sense is the verb: taking for use. The adjective meaning suitable has different grammar and pronunciation.
To take something for one's own use, sometimes without permission
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Usage distinction
Return to topThe featured sense is the verb: taking for use. The adjective meaning suitable has different grammar and pronunciation.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See appropriate in use
The manager tried to appropriate an employee's idea as his own.
The settlers would appropriate the abandoned building for a workshop.
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