appropriate
/icons/point.icon FIT, SUITABLE, MEET, PROPER, APPROPRIATE, FITTING, APT, HAPPY, FELICITOUS mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance.
FIT stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action. e.g. fit for battle
SUITABLE implies an answering to requirements or demands. e.g. clothes suitable for camping
MEET suggests a just proportioning. e.g. meet payment
PROPER suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom. e.g. proper acknowledgement
e.g. an appropriate gift
FITTING implies harmony of mood or tone. e.g. a fitting end
APT connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination. e.g. apt quotations
HAPPY suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate. e.g. a happy choice of words
FELICITOUS suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful. e.g. a felicitous phrase
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From its roots, the verb appropriate would mean basically "make one's own"—that is, "take", or sometimes "grab". Each year the President and Congress create a budget and appropriate funds for each item in it, funds which mostly come in the form of taxes from the public. In the House of Representatives, the powerful Appropriations Committee often gets the last word on how much money goes to each program. "Misappropriation of funds", on the other hand, is a nice way of saying "theft". If someone appropriated pieces of your novel, you might take him or her to court; and if you appropriated trade secrets from your former employers, you might be the one sued. adjective | əˈprōprēət |
e.g. a measure appropriate to a wartime economy.
verb | əˈprōprēˌāt | with object
…を私物化する; 〈役割など〉を自分のものとする, 横取りする; 〘法〙 〈金品など〉を横領, 着服する
e.g. his images have been appropriated by advertisers.
«…のために» 〈金銭など〉を充当する, 使用する «for»
e.g. there can be problems in appropriating funds for legal expenses.
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