[
  {
    "word": "appropriate",
    "phonetics": [],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make suitable; to suit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "allocate",
          "earmark",
          "help oneself",
          "impropriate"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Suitable or fit; proper.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "apt",
          "felicitous",
          "fitting",
          "suitable"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "inappropriate"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appropriate"
    ]
  }
]