appropriateness

ap·pro·pri·ate  (-prpr-t)

adj.

Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.

tr.v. (-t) ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing, ap·pro·pri·ates

1. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.

2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.

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[Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropritus, past participle of approprire, to make one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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ap·propri·ate·ly adv.

ap·propri·ate·ness n.

ap·propri·ative (-tv) adj.

ap·propri·ator n.

Synonyms: appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp
These verbs mean to seize for oneself or as one's right: appropriated the family car; arrogated the chair at the head of the table; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating stolen property; preempted the glory for herself; usurped the throne. See Also Synonyms at allocate.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	appropriateness - appropriate conduct; doing the right thing rightness correctitude, properness, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior inappropriateness, wrongness - inappropriate conduct
	2.	appropriateness - the quality of being specially suitable suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips" felicitousness, felicity - pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) appositeness, aptness - appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness" just the ticket, ticket - the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family" inappropriateness, unworthiness - the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"

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appropriateness

noun suitability, fitness, relevance, correctness, felicity, rightness, applicability, timeliness, aptness, pertinence, fittingness, seemliness, appositeness, properness, germaneness, opportuneness, becomingness, congruousness, felicitousness, well-suitedness