be+appropriate+to

  • 71appropriate technology — UK / US noun [uncountable] economics technology that is suitable for the place in which it will be used, usually involving skills or materials that are easily available in the local area …

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  • 72appropriate technology — /əˌproʊpriət tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/ (say uh.prohpreeuht tek noluhjee) noun the most suitable technology, taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of a particular place or process in terms of the relative costs of supply of capital, labour, raw… …

  • 73appropriate —   a. apt; suitable. v.t. take exclusively; assign to special use; steal.    ♦ appropriation, n.    ♦ appropriative, a.    ♦ appropriator, n …

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  • 74appropriate —   1. Set aside. Ho oka awale, hā awi.   2. Suitable. Kūpono, kohu, kū …

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  • 75appropriate — To make a thing one s own; to make a thing the subject of property; to exercise dominion over an object to the extent, and for the purpose, of making it subserve one s own proper use or pleasure. To prescribe a particular use for particular… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 76appropriate — To make a thing one s own; to make a thing the subject of property; to exercise dominion over an object to the extent, and for the purpose, of making it subserve one s own proper use or pleasure. To prescribe a particular use for particular… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 77appropriate — I Adjective: Fit; adapted to; designed; suitable. Thomas v State (Okla) 244 P 816. II A verb derived from the Latin ad and proprius . To allot, assign, set apart, or apply to a particular use or purpose. State v La Grave, 23 Nev 25, 41 P 1075. To …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 78appropriate speed — A variable term to be resolved according to the surrounding circumstances. 8 Am J2d Auto § 687 …

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  • 79appropriate — see PROPER …

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  • 80appropriate — adj. & v. adj. (often foll. by to, for) 1 suitable or proper. 2 formal belonging or particular. v.tr. 1 take possession of, esp. without authority. 2 devote (money etc.) to special purposes. Derivatives: appropriately adv. appropriateness n.… …

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