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How to pronounce appropriate
Say it like this: /əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does appropriate mean?
verbTo take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
“Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.”
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
“A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.”
To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
adjSuitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
“The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.”
Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
“While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.”
Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
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