Collocations for "appropriate"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "appropriate" in context.
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appropriate
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an appropriate [choice, decision, answer, use]
- appropriate [course, level, class, group]
- appropriate [measures, behavior, action, information]
- appropriate [dress, clothing, wear]
- is not appropriate [language, dress] (for)
- take appropriate action
- take (the) appropriate steps to
- the appropriate [time, amount, weight, distance]
- at an appropriate [time, level]
- this is not an appropriate [way, time] to
- each performed their appropriate [role, part, task, function]
- appropriate for all [patients, users, children]
- appropriate for [many, certain, some] [patients]
- is (not) appropriate for children (under)
- is appropriate for all ages
- is not appropriate for [work, class, a wedding]
- is not considered appropriate (for)
- it [is, isn't] appropriate to [use, do, make, have, be]
- the [name, expression] (has) proved very appropriate
- [comments, remarks] appropriate to the [occasion, subject]
- appropriated [funds, public funds, assets]
- appropriate (it) for your own [work, research, use]
- appropriated by the [company, government]
- appropriated from the [company, commonwealth]
- appropriated under [section, paragraph, title] [14]
- appropriated pursuant to [section] [14]
- appropriated and [used, expended]
- [hereby, otherwise] appropriated
- [specifically, previously, already] appropriated
- [guilty, accused] of appropriating [funds, goods]
- [accused of, criticized for] appropriating [black, Native American] culture
'appropriate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):