Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fitting and to the point. synonym: relevant.
- adverb At an appropriate time; opportunely.
- adverb By the way; incidentally.
- preposition With regard to; concerning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- . To the purpose; opportunely; seasonably.
- 2. With reference or regard; in respect: followed by of.
- . With reference to that (a thing just mentioned); by the way: used absolutely, to introduce an incidental observation.
- Opportune; seasonable; to the purpose; pertinent; happy: as, an apropos remark.
- noun Pertinency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
- By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of an
appropriate orpertinent nature. - adjective by the way,
incidental . - preposition Regarding or concerning.
- adverb By the way.
- adverb
Timely ; at a good time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of an appropriate or pertinent nature
- adverb at an opportune time
- adverb introducing a different topic; in point of fact
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Great tip for beginners and terminal hackers alike, and apropos is installed on a wide number of Linux distros and other terminals.
Use Apropos to Learn New Terminal Commands | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Writing upon the subject in which he was interested, in the midst of his family, he would pause, pen in hand, to laugh at some jest or say a word apropos of the question under discussion, and return in an instant to his work.
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil wars, 1894
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Imagine being Thief of Bagdad, title apropos to these times, as a Chinese American at Graumann's Chinese Theatre, then in its Chinarama phase, chock-a-block with faux orientalism, a chinkee apocalypse in plastic and red paper.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Imagine being Thief of Bagdad, title apropos to these times, as a Chinese American at Graumann's Chinese Theatre, then in its Chinarama phase, chock-a-block with faux orientalism, a chinkee apocalypse in plastic and red paper.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Imagine being Thief of Bagdad, title apropos to these times, as a Chinese American at Graumann's Chinese Theatre, then in its Chinarama phase, chock-a-block with faux orientalism, a chinkee apocalypse in plastic and red paper.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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If, for instance, you knew you had a video encoder handy but didn’t quite know how to get at it, type in apropos mpeg and you’ll get a list of commands and programs that have the words “mpeg” in their man, or manual, files.
Use Apropos to Learn New Terminal Commands | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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A final word apropos of post-pop museology: Although this show has just opened, the first edition of the exhibition catalog has already sold out, which proves that an historical show rich in cultural implication can draw people to its concerns.
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A final word apropos of post-pop museology: Although this show has just opened, the first edition of the exhibition catalog has already sold out, which proves that an historical show rich in cultural implication can draw people to its concerns.
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That's what I get for second-guessing my initial choice of "apropos".
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Nothing could be more "apropos" to quote Walter's expression.
Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute Horatio Alger 1865
uselessness commented on the word apropos
Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
January 25, 2007
quotato commented on the word apropos
and, what is that last letter s for?
February 11, 2007
uselessness commented on the word apropos
Oh come on, it wouldn't really be foreign if it didn't have silent letters! ;-)
February 11, 2007
100000232338334 commented on the word apropos
I could hardly say, "are screwing," however apropos it might be. -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas
December 11, 2010