Action Make Adjective Bre əˈprəʊpriət əˈproʊpriət Response/Measure/Method Problem

• an appropriate response/measure/method
• now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken.
• is now an appropriate time to make a speech?
• please debit my mastercard/visa/american express card (delete as appropriate) (= cross out the options that do not apply).

appropriate

1. suitable, acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances
• opposite inappropriate
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• an appropriate response/measure/method
• Now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken.
• Is now an appropriate time to make a speech?
• Please debit my Mastercard/Visa/American Express card (delete as appropriate) (= cross out the options that do not apply).
• Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party.
• The book was written in a style appropriate to the age of the children.

Extra Examples

• It was thought appropriate to award her the prize.
• Tutors can construct tests appropriate to individual students’ needs.
• I don’t think a speech would be entirely appropriate.
• Jeans are not appropriate for a formal interview.
• The textbooks you use should be appropriate to the level of the students.
• We must make sure that appropriate action is taken.
• Would it be appropriate to take him a small gift?

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.