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appropriation
Overview of noun appropriation
The noun appropriation has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) appropriation -- (money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose)
2. annexation, appropriation -- (incorporation by joining or uniting)
3. appropriation -- (a deliberate act of acquisition)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appropriation
3 senses of appropriation
Sense 1
appropriation
=> money
=> medium of exchange, monetary system
=> standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> indicator
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
annexation, appropriation
=> incorporation
=> inclusion
=> increase, step-up
=> change of magnitude
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
appropriation
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun appropriation
2 of 3 senses of appropriation
Sense 1
appropriation
=> pork barrel, pork
Sense 3
appropriation
=> borrowing, adoption
=> preemption, pre-emption
=> seizure
=> sequestration, requisition
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appropriation
3 senses of appropriation
Sense 1
appropriation
=> money
Sense 2
annexation, appropriation
=> incorporation
Sense 3
appropriation
=> acquiring, getting
Antonyms of noun appropriation
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Attributes of noun appropriation
Derived Forms of noun appropriation
Domain of noun appropriation
1 of 3 senses of appropriation
Sense 1
appropriation
TOPIC>(noun) legislature#1, legislative assembly#1, legislative#1, general assembly#2, law-makers#1
Domain Terms of noun appropriation
Familiarity of noun appropriation
appropriation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun appropriation
3 senses of appropriation
Sense 1
appropriation
> money
=> appropriation
=> fund, monetary fund
=> boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
=> shinplaster
=> subsidization, subsidisation
=> token money
Sense 2
annexation, appropriation
> incorporation
=> annexation, appropriation
Sense 3
appropriation
> acquiring, getting
=> acquisition
=> obtainment, obtention
=> catching, contracting
=> appropriation
=> occupation, occupancy, taking possession, moving in
=> capture, gaining control, seizure
=> reception, receipt
=> pickup
Meronyms of noun appropriation
3 senses of appropriation
Holonyms of noun appropriation
Grep of noun appropriation
appropriation
appropriation bill
misappropriation
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