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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 Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
  • 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

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.

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