Tra từ appropriate - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an appropriate measure (=a measure that is suitable for a particular situation)
▪ In the event of an assault, staff will need to take appropriate measures to defend themselves.
an appropriate response
▪ She laughed, which didn't really seem an appropriate response.
an appropriate/apt metaphor (=a very suitable one)
▪ Building on sand is an apt metaphor for the challenge we face.
appropriate/inappropriateformal (= suitable/not suitable for that situation)
▪ Within the official school framework there are penalties for inappropriate behaviour.
deem sth necessary/appropriate etc
▪ They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
entirely
▪ Administration officials said it was entirely appropriate for the Clintons to host overnight guests.
▪ The freakishness of their own appearance seemed entirely appropriate.
▪ That the world should be so enchanting after the enchantment of Vitor's lovemaking was entirely appropriate.
▪ Young Fowler thinks it entirely appropriate.
▪ Her reaction, he wrote, was entirely appropriate.
▪ It is therefore entirely appropriate that today Pompeii still represents the cutting edge of archaeological research and development.
▪ Theological answers are necessary and entirely appropriate to this doubt.
more
▪ Some of them may have become bottom living, crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate.
▪ With the tab stops at 35, 50 and 55 deleted, the headings shift to more appropriate locations. 12.
▪ It seemed utterly incongruous that there were cars parked outside on the wide circular drive - carriages would have looked more appropriate.
▪ On the other hand, sometimes a direct approach may be more appropriate.
▪ In some situations air streamed integral visors and helmets are more appropriate especially in humid areas.
▪ Nothing could have been more appropriate.
▪ All these measures were carried out in the name of cost improvements cost-cutting would be a more appropriate name.
▪ I thought Poems for D.T.'s would be more appropriate, or would attract more attention on a book-shop counter.
particularly
▪ Electronic marking is particularly appropriate on large courses, since it helps avoid the problems of managing the handing-in of work.
▪ A field-warehousing arrangement is particularly appropriate for financing seasonal inventory buildups.
▪ It is perhaps particularly appropriate to consider tourism in an issue of the magazine whose theme is writers.
▪ I perceive him as a particularly appropriate model.
▪ They are thus particularly appropriate for studies of convection and stratified flow.
▪ The method is particularly appropriate for assaying heavy metals such as lead in blood. 33-36.
▪ This might seem a particularly appropriate task for geographers although similar work has been the province of biologists, archaeologists and geologists.
▪ However inversion would not appear to be particularly appropriate given the actual data involved in this case.
NOUN
action
▪ He also has the responsibility of deciding the appropriate action for changes where rejection would be contentious.
▪ Each division of the school receives its own results, which allow it to pinpoint problems and take appropriate action.
▪ Teachers who for years had planned in terms of appropriate actions could not overnight apply their minds to appropriate meanings as well.
▪ If and when points come forward the group meets to discuss and decide appropriate action.
▪ A trader knowledgeable of such developments can take appropriate action.
▪ Before any appropriate action can be taken, it must be clear to all concerned what constitutes physical abuse.
▪ Much appreciation is due to those residents who have brought various incidents to attention resulting in appropriate action.
▪ But as soon as his regular check brings to light the absentee he is able to take prompt and appropriate action.
case
▪ These principal chief officers should in appropriate cases be responsible for more than one department.
▪ This would appear to legitimise his interference in operational matters in appropriate cases.
▪ In an appropriate case a bank will require a mortgage to be explained by a solicitor to the borrower. 7.
▪ However, in appropriate cases an apology should be added to an adjudication.
▪ But these Acts do not proscribe activities, they simply provide for investigation in appropriate cases.
▪ The same in an appropriate case would apply if the monies were simply advanced to him.
▪ Then in an appropriate case the public authority may be able to secure the institution of a prosecution for criminal libel.
▪ Removal expenses and travelling expenses in connection with the move to Oxford of the successful candidate are generally paid in full in appropriate cases.
level
▪ Only then can they set the appropriate level of interest rates.
▪ Terms should be reviewed for consistency and appropriate level of pre-coordination, word form and level of specificity.
▪ It was crucial for successful demand management that central government generated or contained investment to an appropriate level.
▪ The rate of interest at which this assistance is provided indicates the Bank's view of the appropriate level of interest rates.
▪ For more senior jobs individuals will have already demonstrated an appropriate level of intelligence by their educational standards and successful work experience.
▪ The debate is now about the most appropriate levels for decision-making.
▪ Certain Scotvec modules are acceptable at appropriate levels as an alternative to O/S or Higher qualifications.
measure
▪ In such situations we take appropriate measures to ensure that strict confidentiality is maintained in all respects.
▪ It is then necessary to develop appropriate measures for this performance.
▪ What is the appropriate measure of scale difference between industrial activities?
▪ Devaluation has often been perceived as an appropriate measure for countries running high and persistent balance of payments current account deficits.
▪ Performance indicators are becoming more sophisticated as managers wrestle with the problems of choosing and monitoring appropriate measures of quality and effectiveness.
▪ Is cloze procedure an appropriate measure of comprehension?
▪ Our second should be to search for appropriate measures for comparison.
place
▪ Other Companies of the Battalion were already moving off in time to take their appropriate places in the March Table.
▪ One is the ambiguity in his argument about the appropriate place of semiotic process in the analysis of work.
▪ This is an appropriate place, perhaps, for a few words about the use of roses for hedging and screening.
▪ These points will be referred to again at appropriate places in later chapters.
▪ If a document was issued or received it would be filed in the appropriate place in Nigel Couville's kingdom.
▪ The programme was filmed in front of a live audience who had to clap, laugh and commiserate in all the appropriate places.
▪ Then they can be put into their appropriate places.
▪ Bring Started Date } { Time } in the appropriate places on the form NEWOED1.
response
▪ This can surprise us and overwhelm us so much that by far the most appropriate response is to laugh.
▪ An appropriate response, it seemed, would have been for the company to redouble its efforts to improve its own offering.
▪ The anger is an appropriate response to what the writer describes, a public statement about conditions of life or death.
▪ Gale is away from the phone, but he will listen to the recording later and make an appropriate response.
▪ He hadn't needed a thesaurus to decide on the appropriate response.
▪ Although she had sensed that a fiasco like this was inevitable, Amanda fumbled for an appropriate response.
▪ Theory suggests that an exchange rate change may be the appropriate response to a country specific shock.
▪ It is competition, however, which forces businesses and resource suppliers to make appropriate responses.
time
▪ Each case must be considered on its own merits though it is important that action is taken at the appropriate time.
▪ It was a two-edged sword of obligations of favors given and favors to be returned at a later, appropriate time.
▪ It is important to establish that the client and key employees will be available at the appropriate time.
▪ We can assess all the relevant factors for you, and produce the right amount of cash at the appropriate time.
▪ An appropriate time for Dole to speak his mind; and, at one level, an obviously sensible thing to do.
▪ An appropriate time for a visit.
▪ No spraying, of course, and only circumspect cutting back at the most appropriate time.
▪ Consequently, it can be planned so that it is raised at the most appropriate time for it to be dealt with effectively.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Considering what he did, I think the punishment was appropriate.
▪ Each member is given a special exercise routine that is appropriate for his or her needs
▪ We will take appropriate action once the investigation is over.
▪ You will be given your orders at the appropriate time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All seven transactions are numbered and posted to the appropriate accounts.
▪ The Kruskal-Wallis test and the Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare groups as appropriate.
▪ The main aim of several sets of video materials is to present examples of language in use in an appropriate context.
▪ The use of sound was imaginative and appropriate, and caught the audience's attention.
▪ Then you are criticised for not winning in a style they regard as appropriate.
▪ You spot what season of the year is appropriate.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
money
▪ Parliament would have unlimited access to the funds, but would have to pass specific resolutions to appropriate money.
▪ The Clinton administration favors paying the debt over several years but has been unable to persuade Congress to appropriate the money.
▪ In addition, Congress must appropriate money each year.
▪ It saved labor, the very thing we are now appropriating money to get a job for.
▪ If the council wanted a major new initiative, it would appropriate additional money.
▪ Yet there was virtually no chance Congress would appropriate the money if Boutros-Ghali remained in office.
▪ Instead he voiced the heartfelt hope that Congress would appropriate the money to keep the Exposition open for another year.
▪ Congress appropriated money for the agency.
property
▪ The Court of Appeal held that there was no theft because the accused had not appropriated the property.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Carlin is suspected of appropriating company funds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An awareness of old history encourages caution when it is appropriated for a contemporary cause.
▪ Eventually their designs were appropriated for industrial production, which could be sold at cheaper prices.
▪ Other reactionary politicians vie to appropriate historical symbols of pre-communist antiquity.
▪ Since then, spending has slowly increased each year, but the Legislature has always appropriated more than Weld has requested.
▪ Yet the means of production are privately owned, and the profits are appropriated by individuals.

appropriate

I. ap‧pro‧pri‧ate¹ S2 W1 AC /əˈprəʊpri-ət, əˈprəʊpri-ɪt $ əˈproʊ-/ adjective
correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose OPP inappropriate
appropriate for
　 ▪ clothes appropriate for a job interview
appropriate to
　 ▪ an education system which is more appropriate to the needs of the students
it is appropriate (for somebody) to do something
　 ▪ It would not be appropriate for me to discuss that now.
it is appropriate (that)
　 ▪ It seemed somehow appropriate that we should begin our journey here.
appropriate time/place etc
　 ▪ I didn’t feel that this was an appropriate time to mention the subject of money.
highly/entirely/wholly appropriate
　 ▪ I thought his remark was highly appropriate, given the circumstances.
　 ▪ The timing of the announcement was particularly appropriate.
　 ▪ Where appropriate, I delegate as much work as possible.
　 ▪ Mark box 1 or 2, as appropriate.
　 ▪ I can assure you that appropriate action will be taken.

—appropriately adverb:
　 ▪ The painters met, appropriately enough, in an art gallery (=used to emphasize that something is very appropriate).
　 ▪ appropriately dressed

—appropriateness noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
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THESAURUS
▪suitable having the right qualities for a particular purpose or person :
　 ▪ a suitable place for a picnic
　 ▪ They don’t consider him a suitable husband for their daughter.
▪right completely suitable in every way :
　 ▪ It’s a nice house, but it isn’t right for us.
　 ▪ We’ll tell her when the time is right.
▪appropriate suitable for a particular purpose. Appropriate is more formal than suitable :
　 ▪ She filled out all the appropriate forms.
　 ▪ It may not be an appropriate time to ask him about it.
　 ▪ It’s not appropriate to wear a short skirt for an interview.
　 ▪ the appropriate way to end a business letter
▪proper the proper tool, piece of equipment, or way of doing something is the one that most people think is most suitable :
　 ▪ You can’t change a wheel without the proper tools.
　 ▪ the proper procedure for hiring staff
▪suited to something if someone is suited to something, he or she has the right qualities to do it :
　 ▪ He’d be well suited to the job.

II. ap‧pro‧pri‧ate² /əˈprəʊprieɪt $ əˈproʊ-/ verb [TRANSITIVE] formal
[date : 1400-1500; Language : Late Latin; Origin : past participle of appropriare, from Latin ad- 'to' + proprius 'own']
1. to take something for yourself when you do not have the right to do this SYN steal:
　 ▪ He is suspected of appropriating government funds.

2. to take something, especially money, to use for a particular purpose
appropriate something for something
　 ▪ Congress appropriated $5 million for International Women’s Year.
⇨ misappropriate