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# appropriation

noun (an appropriation, appropriations; also uncountable)

«appropriation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Taking something for yourself, often without permission or without the right to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#m1)
2. (money, law) Money that is officially set aside for a particular use, like a government budget. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#m2)
3. Using parts of someone else's culture, art or ideas as your own, sometimes without respect (cultural appropriation). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#m3)

### In the lessons

A formal word met in news, law, money and art lessons. It tells the reader something was taken or set aside for a purpose. Phrases: appropriation of funds, cultural appropriation, budget appropriation.

### Examples

- The appropriation of the land angered the farmers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x1)
- The council made an appropriation for a new playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x2)
- The treasurer was accused of the appropriation of club money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x3)
- People discussed whether the costume was cultural appropriation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x4)
- Congress approved the appropriation for schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x5)
- The museum talked about the appropriation of other people's treasures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x6)
- An appropriation is money saved for one job only. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#x7)

### Note

Verb: appropriate (ap-PRO-pree-ate, to take). Do not confuse with the adjective "appropriate" (ap-PRO-pree-it, meaning suitable). Formal word; context decides whether it means taking unfairly or setting aside.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «appropriation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appropriation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appropriation.html) on Mova free.