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# appropriation

«appropriation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Taking something for yourself, often without permission…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an appropriation, appropriations; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Taking something for yourself, often without permission or without the right to. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appropriation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.