Appropriate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The charity will appropriate the funds to support the underprivileged children's education.
- The company will appropriate a portion of its budget to research and develop new sustainable technologies.
- She appropriates a specific hour each day to focus on her writing projects.
- The government will appropriate a significant amount of money to improve the nation's infrastructure.
- The organization appropriates its resources to support local artists and give them a platform to showcase their work.
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Meaning 2
Take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The military regime moved to appropriate key factories and businesses after the coup.
- Rebel forces threatened to appropriate the key government buildings in the city centre.
- The colonial powers began to appropriate the native population's lands for their own use.
- In the chaos following the revolution, various factions sought to appropriate key economic assets.
- Guerrilla fighters set out to appropriate the enemy's arms and supplies.