appropriating
Sayuh-PROH-pree-ayt-ingUS/əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt.ɪŋ/UK/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of appropriate. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or as a noun for the act.
The company kept appropriating ideas from smaller rivals without giving credit.
He was caught appropriating money from the club fund for himself.
Note
appropriating 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 → appropriating: drop the e, add -ing
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