[{"word":"appropriate","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make suitable; to suit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."},{"definition":"To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden."},{"definition":"To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["allocate","earmark","help oneself","impropriate"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Suitable or fit; proper.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."},{"definition":"Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place."},{"definition":"Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["apt","felicitous","fitting","suitable"],"antonyms":["inappropriate"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appropriate"]}]