♦ appropriate

♦ appropriate
♦ appropriate /əˈprəʊprɪət/
a.
1 appropriato; adatto; adeguato; giusto: an appropriate symbol, un simbolo appropriato; appropriate dress, abbigliamento adatto (all'occasione); appropriate to our needs, adeguato alle nostre esigenze; It is appropriate that the ceremony should be private, è giusto che la cerimonia si svolga in privato; if appropriate, se è del caso
2 (d'ente, organismo, ecc.) competente: the appropriate authorities, le autorità competenti
● (ecol.) appropriate technology, tecnologia appropriata □ «Delete as appropriate», (su un modulo) «cancellare quello che non interessa»
appropriateness
n. [u]
appropriatezza; adeguatezza.
(to) appropriate /əˈprəʊprɪeɪt/
v. t.
1 impossessarsi di; appropriarsi
2 (fin.) assegnare; destinare; stanziare: More money should be appropriated for education, si dovrebbero stanziare maggiori somme di denaro per l'istruzione
3 (fin., rag.) accantonare (fondi); ripartire (utili)
4 (leg.) appropriarsi indebitamente di; sottrarre; rubare.

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