angemessen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adequate adjective Enough to meet a need or requirement; sufficient.
- appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
- commensurate adjective Matching something else in size, degree or importance; in proportion to it.
- expedient adjective Convenient and practical for achieving a goal, though not necessarily right or moral.
- fitting adj Appropriate or suitable for the occasion.
- just adj Fair, morally right, and reasonable.
- proper adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
- reasonable adj Fair and sensible; based on good judgment.
- seemly adj Describes behavior that is proper and fitting for the occasion.
- suitable adjective Right or appropriate for a particular purpose, person, or occasion.
Senses
angemessen is used for these senses in English:
- adequate Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
- appropriate Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
- appropriate Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
- commensurate Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
- condign Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.
- expedient Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
- fitting Appropriate; suitable.
- just Factually right, correct; factual.
appropriate — full definition
- adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
- verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.
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