appropriate
part of speech
adjective (appropriate; more appropriate); verb (appropriate, appropriates, appropriated, appropriating — formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) (adjective) Right or suitable for a particular situation, person or time. tree →
2) (verb, formal) To take something for yourself, often without permission. tree →
3) (verb, formal) To set aside money for a special use. tree →
sense in the lessons
Very common in school and safety rules: "appropriate clothing", "appropriate behaviour", "use an appropriate unit". In maths, "give your answer to an appropriate degree of accuracy". Phrases: appropriate for, appropriate to, where appropriate.
examples
- Wear appropriate clothes for the hike: boots and a coat. tree →
- That joke is not appropriate in class. tree →
- Choose an appropriate unit to measure a pencil: cm or m? tree →
- Is this film appropriate for children? tree →
- Raise your hand at the appropriate time. tree →
- Round your answer where appropriate. tree →
- The king appropriated the farmers' land. tree →
- At length heaven granted him a daughter of such remarkable beauty that he could think of no name so appropriate for her as ‘Fairer-than-a-Fairy.’ tree →
note
Adjective said "a-PRO-pree-it"; verb said "a-PRO-pree-ate". Opposite: inappropriate (often used about rude or unsafe things). In maths, "appropriate unit" means a sensible one: grams for a pencil, kilograms for a dog.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «appropriate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.