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01. I don't really think that it is [appropriate] to wear jeans to the office.
02. Mark wasn't allowed in the nightclub because they had a dress code, and he wasn't dressed [appropriately].
03. I really wonder about the [appropriateness] of making children stand in the corner as punishment for getting a low mark on a quiz.
04. I don't think it is really [appropriate] to ask your professor how much he earns.
05. There is an [appropriate] time and place for that question - but this is not it.
06. He wasn't really dressed [appropriately] for the job interview, but luckily they didn't seem to mind.
07. It is only [appropriate] that a woman be the head of the Ministry for Women's Issues.
08. E. W. Howe once said "When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something [appropriate], and do it."
09. Some of the vocabulary which we are studying is slang and is not [appropriate] in certain situations.
10. We will be testing everyone over the next few days to make sure they have been placed in the [appropriate] level.
11. She asked a number of [inappropriate] questions which really embarrassed me.
12. A Mexican proverb says that for every dog there is an [appropriate] stick.
13. One way to protect your health is to detect disease early by having [appropriate] screening tests when recommended by a health professional.
14. According to a recent study, televised violence suggests to young children that aggression is [appropriate] in some situations.
15. In many countries around the world, isolating children at bedtime is considered [inappropriate] and even shocking.
16. He was [inappropriately] dressed for the meeting, in jeans and a t-shirt.
17. A proper essay supports its thesis using [appropriate] details.
18. The brain can be compared to an immense computer that processes information and then arrives at an [appropriate] response.
19. Informal language is not [appropriate] when you write academic papers.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Appropriate — Ap*pro pri*ate, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one s own, proper. See {Proper}.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Appropriate — Ap*pro pri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.] 1. To take to one s self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appropriate — [adj] suitable adapted, applicable, appurtenant, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, congruous, convenient, correct, deserved, desired, due, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, good, just, on the button*, on the nose*, opportune,… …   New thesaurus

  • appropriate — vb preempt, *arrogate, confiscate, usurp Analogous words: *take, seize, grab: annex, *add appropriate adj fitting, proper, *fit, suitable, apt, meet, happy, felicitous Analogous words: apposite, pertinent, germane, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • appropriate — [ə prō′prē āt΄; ] for adj. [, ə prō′prēit] vt. appropriated, appropriating [ME appropriaten < LL appropriatus, pp. of appropriare, to make one s own < L ad , to + proprius, one s own] 1. to take for one s own or exclusive use 2. to take… …   English World dictionary

  • Appropriate — Ap*pro pri*ate, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appropriate — ap‧pro‧pri‧ate [əˈprəʊpri eɪt ǁ əˈproʊ ] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to take something for yourself when you have no right to do this: • The generals appropriated defence funds, leaving their men unpaid for months. 2. ECONOMICS to take something,… …   Financial and business terms

  • appropriate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ suitable; proper. ► VERB 1) take for one s own use without permission. 2) devote (money) to a special purpose. DERIVATIVES appropriately adverb appropriateness noun appropriation noun app …   English terms dictionary

  • appropriate — I adj. 1) appropriate for; to (appropriate for us; appropriate to the occasion) 2) appropriate to + inf. (it is not appropriate to tip a bus driver) 3) appropriate that + clause; subj. (it is appropriate that he be/ should be present) II v. 1)… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • appropriate — ap|pro|pri|ate1 W1S1 [əˈprəupri ıt US əˈprou ] adj correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose ≠ ↑inappropriate appropriate for ▪ clothes appropriate for a job interview appropriate to ▪ an education system which is more… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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