appropriate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
I will earmark this money for your research
Types & categories
- portion hypernym
Related & opposite
- hallmark derivation
- allowance derivation
- stockpile derivation
- appropriable derivation
Sense 2 adjective
suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
a book not appropriate for children
Related & opposite
- apropos also see
- proper also see
- inappropriate antonym
- appropriateness attribute
- appropriateness derivation
- befitting similar to
- grade-appropriate similar to
- pat similar to
- proper similar to
Sense 3 verb
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- capture derivation
- conquest derivation
- appropriator derivation
- appropriative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hallmark |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stockpile |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | portion |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | apropos |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | proper |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | inappropriate |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | appropriateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriateness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | befitting |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | grade-appropriate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pat |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conquest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | take over |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |