appropriate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - verb

1. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause (Freq. 11)
- I will earmark this money for your research
- She sets aside time for meditation every day
• Syn:
allow, earmark, set aside, reserve
• Derivationally related forms:
reserve (for: reserve), earmark (for: earmark), appropriable, allowance (for: allow)
• Hypernyms:
assign, allot, portion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. take possession of by force, as after an invasion (Freq. 1)
- the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
- The army seized the town
- The militia captured the castle
• Syn:
capture, seize, conquer
• Derivationally related forms:
conquering (for: conquer), seizure (for: seize), capture (for: capture), appropriative, appropriator
• Hypernyms:
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
• Hyponyms:
carry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody

II - adjective

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc (Freq. 29)
- a book not appropriate for children
- a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity
- it seems that an apology is appropriate
• Ant:
inappropriate
• Similar to:
befitting, grade-appropriate, pat, proper, right
• See Also:
apropos, proper
• Derivationally related forms:
appropriateness
• Attrubites:
appropriateness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  capture, seize, conquer, allow, earmark, set aside, reserve