How to spell appropriate

Appropriate is spelled A-P-P-R-O-P-R-I-A-T-E. Two P's after the first A, then pro and pri, each with an R: ap-PRO-PRI-ate.

hear itap·pro·pri·ate/ة™'proتٹpriةھt/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: Suitable or right for a particular situation.

In a sentence: It's appropriate to say "thank you" when someone helps you.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: appropriated, appropriating, appropriation, appropriations, appropriator. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "appropriate" comes from Latin roots meaning "to make one's own" (ad + proprius). In modern English, this idea survives in the financial sense of "setting something aside for a particular person or purpose."

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