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appropriate

Aussprache: [/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt/]

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Kontext: „suitability“

(adjective) suitable or proper for the particular occasion, situation, or person. Like wearing pajamas to bed is appropriate, but wearing them to a job interview is not.

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Her choice of outfit was appropriate for the formal event.

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Wearing flip flops to a wedding is not appropriate.

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Is it appropriate to wear a swimsuit to a business meeting?

Kontext: „take for one's own use without permission“

(verb) to take something for oneself without permission or to steal. It is not appropriate to take someone else's belongings without asking.

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He appropriated his brother's toy without asking.

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It's not appropriate to appropriate someone else's work and claim it as your own.

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Is it appropriate to appropriate someone else's ideas without giving credit?

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