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How to pronounce “appropriate

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Pronunciation guide for appropriate

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Practice the English pronunciation of appropriate with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdomfeelings and then act appropriately on those feelings
Definition summary
(transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

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How to pronounce appropriate

52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdom

feelings and then act appropriately on those feelings

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “appropriate

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
  • (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
  • (transitive, British, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
  • (transitive, archaic) To make suitable to; to suit.
  • [Adjective]
  • Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
  • Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
  • (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
  • (of an action or thing) Morally good; positive.
  • (of an action or thing) pleasant;

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