Meaning of appropriate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
2. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
3. Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
   obsolete
4. Of an action or thing: morally good; positive.
5. Of an action or thing: pleasant.

Equivalents

Examples

“The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.”

“1798-1801, Beilby Porteus, Lecture XI delivered in the Parish Church of St. James, Westminster in its strict and appropriate meaning”

“appropriate acts of divine worship”

“But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.”

“I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the checkout that my hairpiece looked like it was falling out of place.”

“While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.”

“With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.”

“Rescuing animals is an appropriate thing to do.”

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