Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Receive and appropriate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Receive" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Receive
Receive verb - To offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to.
Appropriate and receive are semantically related in accept delivery of something topic. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Receive".
Common collocations
| mention | appropriate mention | receive mention |
Both words in one sentence
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Both fan nicknames have fallen into disuse after the episode "Call of the Cutie" where they would both receive new and more appropriate fan nicknames.
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In Season 3, due to a Time Skip, all of the crew minus Chopper receive one: Ezra is given a buzzcut, civilian clothes appropriate for combat, and is now as tall as Sabine.
- On the other hand, Ai Kobayashi doesn't nearly receive such a huge Internet Backdraft in the Japanese version, which most fans consider to be an appropriate approach to the character.
Source: Mis Blamed / Video Games
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Receive and Appropriate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/receive
Appropriate & Receive. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/receive>.
Receive or Appropriate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/receive.
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