appropriates
Sayuh-PROH-pree-aytsUS/əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪts/UK/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of appropriate. Use this form with he, she, or it.
She appropriates other people's ideas and calls them her own.
The town council appropriates money for new playground equipment every spring.
Note
appropriates 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 → appropriates: add -s
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