The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAKES , but the solution may also be COOPTS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Appropriates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
TAKES | 38 % | 5 |
COOPTS | 23 % | 6 |
SEIZES | 8 % | 6 |
USURPS | 8 % | 6 |
ANNEXES | 8 % | 7 |
PREEMPTS | 8 % | 8 |
GRABS | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Appropriates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- proper
- apt
- fit
- suitable
- apposite
- befitting
- apropos
- pertinent
- expedient
- advantageous
- allow
- congruous
Crossword Answer definitions
TAKES noun- The or an act of taking.
- Something that is taken; a haul.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To remove.
- To have sex with.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To grasp or grip.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To consume.
- To experience, undergo, or endure.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- (of a ship) To let in (water).
- To require.
- To proceed to fill.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To assume or perform (a form or role).
- To bind oneself by.
- To move into.
- To go into, through, or along.
- To have and use one's recourse to.
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To accept as an input to a relation.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To engage, take hold or have effect.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- An intensifier.
- To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
- (obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TAKES
- Captures
- Lets the pitch go by
- Photographs
- Loots
- Scene shootings
- Snatches
- Hollywood editor's stock
- Followers of "Action!"
- Confiscates
- Movie shots
More clues leading to the result COOPTS
- Appropriates
- Elects internally
- Preempts
- Commandeers
- Elects a fellow member.
- Chooses as a fellow member.
- Deputizes summarily.
- Takes as one's own
- Takes over
- Takes for one's own use
More clues leading to the result SEIZES
- Grabs
- Grabs hold of
- Gets one's hands on
- Appropriates
- Commandeers
- Snatches
- Takes by force
- Captures
- Suddenly stops working, with "up"
- Confiscates
More clues leading to the result USURPS
- Takes illegally
- Commandeers
- Seizes without authority
- Takes power by force
- Seizes illegally
- Seizes unlawfully
- Takes over
- Takes by force
- Takes over by force
- Seizes by force
More clues leading to the result ANNEXES
- Building additions
- Add-ons
- Relatively new wings
- Ells
- New wings, maybe
- Takes over
- Wings
- Architectural afterthoughts
- Incorporates
- Takes over, as territory
More clues leading to the result PREEMPTS
- Interrupts, as a broadcast
- Makes a defensive bid, in bridge
- Bumps
- Takes over the time spot
- Denies air to?
- Confiscates.
- Seizes before someone else can.
- Arrogates.
- Makes a shutout bid
- Appropriates