appropriated
Sayuh-PROH-pree-ayt-id/əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt.ɪd/UK/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt.ɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of appropriate. Use this form for actions that already happened.
The town council appropriated money for a new playground.
The funds were appropriated for road repairs last spring.
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- 2Kept aside to be used for one chosen purpose only.
Like money in a jar marked "for school only" that you cannot spend on anything else.
The appropriated money was reserved only for road repairs.
Every appropriated dollar must go to the disaster fund.
Similarallocated, reserved, designated
Oppositeunappropriated, unallocated, unassigned
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appropriated is a form of appropriate
appropriate, verb: To take something for yourself, often as if you alone have the right to it. Full entry
- Forms
- appropriateappropriates he/she/itappropriating -ing formappropriated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- appropriate → appropriated: add -d
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