(a.) Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
(v. t.) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
(v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
(v. t.) To make suitable; to suit.
(v. t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
(n.) A property; attribute.
Example Sentences:
(1) Increased plasmin activity was associated with advancing stage of lactation and older cows after appropriate adjustments were made for the effects of milk yield and SCC.
(2) "As the investigation remains live and in order to preserve the integrity of that investigation, it would not be appropriate to offer further comment."
(3) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(4) Throughout the period of rehabilitation, the frequent changes of a patient's condition may require a process of ongoing evaluation and appropriate adjustments in the physical therapy program.
(5) These two types of transfer functions are appropriate to explain the transition to anaerobic metabolism (anaerobic threshold), with a hyperbolic transfer characteristic representing a graded transition; and a sigmoid transfer characteristic representing an abrupt transition.
(6) Brief treadmill exercise tests showed appropriate rate response to increased walking speed and gradient.
(7) This mode of treatment remains appropriate for cases where antibiotics are ineffective and surgery impracticable.
(8) In addition to the phase diagrams reported here for these two binary mixtures, a brief theoretical discussion is given of other possible phase diagrams that may be appropriate to other lipid mixtures with particular consideration given to the problem of crystalline phases of different structures and the possible occurrence of second-order phase transitions in these mixtures.
(9) Current recommendations regarding contraception in patients with diabetes are not appropriate for the adolescent population and therefore tend to support this phenomenon rather than relieve it.
(10) Multiple operations were done in 7 patients prior to the appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
(11) The compounds 1-3 in reaction with nicotine aldehyde or p-chlorobenzaldehyde were transformed into appropriate anilides of 2,3-epoxypropionic acid 4-9.
(12) The use of fresh semen is possible, since results of appropriate cultures could be available and treatment instituted before clinical disease occurs.
(13) A programme is described in which indigenous personnel are trained to provide culturally appropriate rehabilitation services for islanders of the Pacific Basin.
(14) The morbidity is well known and if properly anticipated can be reduced to a minimum by judicious use of antibacterial agents and early surgical intervention when appropriate.
(15) Rats were injected subcutaneously with 10 ml of air into the dorsal skin to make an air-pouch and with 2 ml of antiserum at an appropriate dilution for passive sensitization, and then 5 ml of air was removed.
(16) The return of NE to normal levels after one month is consistent with the observation that LH-lesioned rats are by one month postlesion no longer hypermetabolic, but display levels of heat production appropriate to the reduced body weight they then maintain.
(17) It is intended to aid in finding the appropriate PI (proportional-integral) controller settings by means of computer simulation instead of real experiments with the system.
(18) Provided that adequate reflection is given and the appropriate moment chosen, it is well tolerated and provides all the necessary information.
(19) A careful history, a thorough physical examination, and an appropriate selection of tests will identify these patients.
(20) The data show that as much as a 9% difference from the correct activity can be observed for these radionuclides, even when the ampoule reference source gives the appropriate reading.
Overstay
Definition:
(v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.
Example Sentences:
(1) His parents had overstayed the family visas they acquired as students to travel to the US from South Korea in 1981.
(2) However, in return she wanted India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi , to help with efforts to send home Indian nationals who have overstayed their visas and are living illegally in the UK.
(3) No 10 said it was also closing a loophole whereby someone that has worked in the UK and paid national insurance could continue to claim benefits even if they overstayed their visa.
(4) • Those who successfully claim asylum after travelling through a safe country, or those who overstay a visa, only being given a minimum stay of protection and not having an automatic right to stay.
(5) A further 57 were visa overstayers, 96 were asylum seekers who arrived by boat, and five asylum seekers who arrived by plane.
(6) Will they apologise to the "suspected visa overstayer", whose badly pixellated and easily identifiable photograph they published to the world, if it turns out he was merely part of their huge backlog of applications?
(7) He maintains that 40% of illegal immigrants with visas overstay their visits.
(8) Theresa May's plans for a £3,000 cash bond to deter "high risk" Asian and African short-term visitors from overstaying in Britain are being hastily rewritten after Nick Clegg declined to sign off the details of a pilot scheme due to start in November.
(9) I found that many of the non-EEA spouses refused residence cards were overstayers," said Vine.
(10) It advises drivers who accidentally or unintentionally overstay the free parking period and believe they have mitigating circumstances to contact the duty manager before leaving the site.
(11) More does need to be done to stop people overstaying illegally when their visas run out – whether they arrived on student visas, work visas or tourist visas,” Cooper said.
(12) "This summer the UKBA launched a UK-wide operation to remove overstayers and we have already seen 1,800 removals since the campaign started," Green said.
(13) But ministers say there is a loophole for migrants who entered illegally or have overstayed their leave and are not therefore subject to current conditions of stay.
(14) Since 2008, more immigrants have overstayed their visas than have crossed the border legally.
(15) Physicians performances were measured on the basis of the quality of medical care provided, the appropriateness of hospital admissions, and the appropriateness of hospital stays, including understays and overstays.
(16) The prime minister’s decision to demand to return Indians overstaying their visas received a sceptical response from some of the Indian journalists covering the event.
(17) Borrego and her family moved from Mexico to Houston in 2003 but overstayed their visas.
(18) To try to find the less than one tenth of a percent of the population who they suspect have overstayed?
(19) The 150,000 cases in this previously undisclosed backlog are a separate group from those who entered Britain illegally or who overstayed their visas, or who are failed asylum seekers.
(20) Instead they enter Britain legally and openly on flights into Heathrow airport on visas that they then breach by overstaying.