appropriate
verb/əˈprəʊprieɪt/
/əˈprəʊprieɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they appropriate | /əˈprəʊprieɪt/ /əˈprəʊprieɪt/ |
| he / she / it appropriates | /əˈprəʊprieɪts/ /əˈprəʊprieɪts/ |
| past simple appropriated | /əˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ /əˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle appropriated | /əˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ /əˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form appropriating | /əˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ/ /əˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ/ |
- appropriate something to take something, somebody’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.
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- appropriate something (for something) to take or give something, especially money for a particular purpose
- Five million dollars have been appropriated for research into the disease.
compare misappropriate
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.
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