Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being appropriate or suitable; applicability.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the quality or condition of being
appropriate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being specially suitable
- noun appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
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Examples
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Mr. Mitra said while "there are no immediate or egregious credit concerns, we are looking for policy signals and supporting actions that will better assure us about medium-term appropriateness of the policy framework and an ability to also meet unanticipated shocks."
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(This, with grim appropriateness, is about the only place in the World Showcase where you can't find a meal.)
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(This, with grim appropriateness, is about the only place in the World Showcase where you can't find a meal.)
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This goes with my rant about appropriateness, which is something along the lines of-I don't care how cute it is, if it's the wrong time or place ya look silly.
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Collecting Children's Books has had a couple of interesting posts about books such as They Were Strong and Good and The Rooster Crows, which have been bowdlerized to reflect changing standards of "appropriateness" in regard to depictions of nonwhite characters.
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But you do not have the right to decide "appropriateness" for everyone.
Ellen Hopkins: Banned Books Week 2010: An Anti-Censorship Manifesto
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O'Reilly staunchly attacked President Obama for not commenting on the "appropriateness" of the location.
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But you do not have the right to decide "appropriateness" for everyone.
Ellen Hopkins: Banned Books Week 2010: An Anti-Censorship Manifesto
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Other considerations, such as appropriateness, or the way other languages work, are not important here.
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Collecting Children's Books has had a couple of interesting posts about books such as They Were Strong and Good and The Rooster Crows, which have been bowdlerized to reflect changing standards of "appropriateness" in regard to depictions of nonwhite characters.
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