# appropriates

Pronunciation: say "uh-PROH-pree-ayts" US /əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪts/, UK /əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪts/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative of appropriate. — third-person singular simple present indicative of appropriate
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of appropriate. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The legislature appropriates funds for disaster relief at the start of each fiscal year._
   - _He routinely appropriates credit for work his junior colleagues actually did._

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