B2 suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion:
Please complete the appropriate parts of this form (= the parts that are right or necessary for your particular situation) and return it as soon as possible.
Opposite
More examples
- You would be well-advised to have the appropriate vaccinations before you go abroad.
- What would be an appropriate course of action in such a situation?
- We will provide help whenever you deem it appropriate.
- Here is a list of possible answers. Please delete as appropriate.
- The EU has issued guidelines on appropriate levels of pay for part-time manual workers.
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appropriately
adverb uk
/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət.li/ us
/əˈproʊ.pri.ət.li/
Examples
- If you want well-qualified staff, you will have to pay them appropriately.
- Children gradually learn how to behave appropriately in various social situations.
- There is a new horror series on TV which begins, appropriately enough, on Halloween.
- The Prince stayed, rather appropriately, at The Royal Hotel.
- Some of the cleaners are not appropriately trained for working in a hospital.
appropriate verb [ T ] (TAKE)
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appropriate verb [ T ] (KEEP MONEY)
› to keep an amount of money to use for a particular purpose:
The government have appropriated millions of pounds for the project.
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