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appropriate

US /əˈproʊpriət/

adjective Core · B1 Kinh doanh chung

Definition

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Please wear appropriate clothing when you visit the factory floor.

Word Family

NounNoun
appropriator appropriateness
VerbVerb
appropriate gốc
AdjectiveAdj
appropriate gốc appropriable appropriative
AdverbAdv
appropriately

Synonyms

  • suitablemeant or adapted for an occasion or use
  • fittingmaking or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
  • propermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

Collocations

  • Easy wear appropriate clothes
    to have on one's body as clothing or accessory regarding appropriate clothes
  • Medium take appropriate measures immediately
    to perform, accept, or undertake an action regarding appropriate measures immediately
  • Hard obtain appropriate regulatory permits
    to obtain appropriate regulatory permits, meaning to come into possession of
  • Very Hard unlawfully appropriate public funds
    describing unlawfully appropriate public funds (not conforming to the law)

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