Let no one appropriate a common benefit.
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Appropriate
//əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt//
Synonyms for "appropriate" (334 found)
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Closest matches (67)
Strong matches (100)
Adjective(4 words)
congruousconquerconscriptconvenientcopcopycorrectcribcrookdecentdecorousdedicatedefraudderive fromdeserveddesignatedesirabledesireddespoildestine
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detaildevotedigestdistinctivedistinguisheddovetailingdraftdueearmarkeligibleembezzleemployableencroachenjoyableenslaveentitledexactexpedientexpropriateextortfairfatefavorablefeasiblefelicitousfilchfitfittedfittenfittingforagefortunatefructuousfunctionalgearedgenteelgermanegivegoodgood forgrabgrade appropriategrasphappyhelphelpfulhoghonorablehookidiocraticidiosyncraticimitateimpoundin characterin pointindentinfringeinfringe a copyrightinspiredintrinsicinvadeinvolvingjump a claimjustjust rightkosherlay hold ofliberate
Related words (167)
liftlikelylotluckymake assignmentsmake free withmake off withmake use ofmark offmark out formarkedmaterialmeetmeritedmeshingmetabolizemockmonopolizenaturalnice
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nicknipnormalnormativeoccupyof general utilityof helpof serviceof useon the buttonopenopportuneordainorderoverrunpalmparticularpeculiarperfectpertainingpertinentpilferpillagepinchpirateplaceplagiarizeplay godpleasantpoachpocketpointpoliticportion offpracticalpragmaticpragmaticalpredigestpreemptpreoccupyprepossesspresspretendpretend toprocureprofitablepropitiousprosperousprovidentialpurloinqualifiedquintessentialraidreasonablerecommendablerelevantrequisiterequisitionreserverespectablerestrictrestrict torightright and properrighteousrightfulriperun away withrustlesafeschedulescroungeseasonableseemlyseizesequesterserviceablesetset apartset asideset offshareshopliftsimulatesinglesingularsit onsnaresnatchsnitchsortablespoilsquat onstealsubjugatesuitablesuitedsuitingswindleswipetagtailoredtaketake all oftake it alltake ontake overtake possession oftake upthievetimelyto be desiredto the pointto the purposetrespasstruetrue to formuniqueurbaneusefulusurputilitarianwalk off withwell-chosenwell-expressedwell-putwell-timedwiseworthwhileworthywrench
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
242 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἱκανός adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Arabic
2 entries- لَائِق adj (suitable to social situation)
- مُنَاسِب adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Armenian
3 entries- համապատասխան adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- պատշաճ adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- պատշաճ adj (suitable to social situation)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- müvafiq adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- uyğun adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- yerli adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- mənimsəmək verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Basque
1 entries- egoki adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Belarusian
2 entries- адпаве́дны adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- прыда́тны adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подходя́щ adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- съотве́тен adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- уме́стен adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- определям verb (to set apart for)
Catalan
2 entries- adequat adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- apropiat adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 恰當 /恰当 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 適當 /适当 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 独占 verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Czech
4 entries- náležitý adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- odpovídající adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- patřičný adj (suitable to social situation)
- přiměřený adj (suitable to social situation)
Danish
4 entries- egnet adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- formålstjenlig adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- hensigtsmæssig adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- passende adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Dutch
4 entries- aangewezen adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- gepast adj (suitable to social situation)
- geschikt adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- geschikt adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
Esperanto
3 entries- konvena adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- alproprigi verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
- konveni verb (to make suitable)
Estonian
2 entries- asjakohane adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- kohane adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Finnish
4 entries- asianmukainen adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- osoitettu adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- sopiva adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- sopiva adj (suitable to social situation)
French
3 entries- approprié adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- idoine adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- approprier verb (to make suitable)
Galician
4 entries- apropiado adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- apropiado adj (suitable to social situation)
- apropiado adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- apropiarse verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Georgian
1 entries- მისაკუთრება verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
German
4 entries- angebracht adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- angebracht adj (suitable to social situation)
- angemessen adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- angemessen adj (suitable to social situation)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Greek
1 entries- κατάλληλος adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַתְאִים adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- נִכֵּס verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- dápat adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Hindi
4 entries- उचित adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- उचित adj (suitable to social situation)
- उपयुक्त adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- उपयुक्त adj (suitable to social situation)
Hungarian
4 entries- helyénvaló adj (suitable to social situation)
- illő adj (suitable to social situation)
- megfelelő adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- alkalmaz verb (to make suitable)
Indonesian
1 entries- sesuai adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Irish
1 entries- oiriúnach adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Italian
3 entries- apposito adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- apposito adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- appropriato adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Japanese
4 entries- 相応しい adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 適切 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 適当 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 充当する verb (to set apart for)
Korean
3 entries- 알맞다 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 적당하다 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- 적절하다 adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Latin
1 entries- appropriātus adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Latvian
3 entries- atbilstošs adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- piederīgs adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- piemērots adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Middle English
4 entries- honeste adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- honeste adj (suitable to social situation)
- kynde adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- kyndely adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Māori
4 entries- arotau adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- tika adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- tōtika adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- tōtika adj (suitable to social situation)
Norwegian
4 entries- egnet adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- formålstjenlig adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- hensiktsmessig adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- passende adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tilegne seg verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
- tilpasse verb (to make suitable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- egne til seg verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
- tileigne seg verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Old English
2 entries- āgnettan verb (law: to annex)
- āgnian verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Old Norse
1 entries- bærr adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- راست adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Polish
4 entries- należyty adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- odpowiedni adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- stosowny adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- stosowny adj (suitable to social situation)
Portuguese
4 entries- apropriado adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- apropriado adj (suitable to social situation)
- apropriado adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- apoderar-se de verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Romanian
4 entries- adecvat adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- adecvat adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- potrivit adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- potrivit adj (suitable to social situation)
Russian
4 entries- подходя́щий adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- подходя́щий adj (suitable to social situation)
- соотве́тствующий adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- уме́стный adj (suitable to social situation)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- freagarrach adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- freagarrach adj (suitable to social situation)
- iomchaidh adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- iomchaidh adj (suitable to social situation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prìkladan adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- prìkladan adj (suitable to social situation)
- prìmjeren adj (suitable to social situation)
- pȍdesan adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Slovene
4 entries- primeren adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- primeren adj (suitable to social situation)
- ustrézen adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- nameniti verb (to set apart for)
Spanish
3 entries- apropiado adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- apropiado adj (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person)
- adueñarse verb (to take to oneself in exclusion of others)
Swahili
1 entries- mwafaka adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Swedish
4 entries- lämplig adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- passande adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- passande adj (suitable to social situation)
- tillbörlig adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Turkish
4 entries- biçilmiş kaftan adj (suitable to social situation)
- isâbetli adj (suitable to social situation)
- lâyık adj (suitable to social situation)
- muvfâfık adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відпові́дний adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- підходя́щий adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- асигнувати verb (to set apart for)
- виділяти verb (to set apart for)
Welsh
2 entries- priodol adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- priodol adj (suitable to social situation)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּאַסיק adj (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
- פּאַסיק adj (suitable to social situation)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
But "experiment" is not the appropriate word.
Source: tatoeba (41085)
And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.
Source: tatoeba (43030)
For this design house it was an appropriate strategy to introduce even more radical colors into computer production.
Source: tatoeba (50238)
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