{
    "term": "appropriate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "suitable, acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances",
            "sensetop": "appropriate for somethingappropriate to something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an appropriate response/measure/method"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is now an appropriate time to make a speech?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will/will not be able to attend the open day (**delete as appropriate**) *(= cross out the option that does not apply)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This may be an appropriate treatment for many patients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Skills can be enhanced by the appropriate use of technology in certain circumstances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He said she had responded to the situation in an entirely appropriate way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to deem/consider/think something appropriate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party.",
                    "contextForm": "appropriate for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book was written in a style appropriate to the age of the children.",
                    "contextForm": "appropriate to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All personnel were trained at levels appropriate to the needs of each job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was thought appropriate to award her the prize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tutors can construct tests appropriate to individual students' needs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would it be appropriate to take him a small gift?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "consider something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈprəʊpriət/",
                "audio": "ap/appropriate/appropriate__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈprəʊpriət/",
                "audio": "ap/appropriate/appropriate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’."
}