apropos

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of an appropriate or pertinent nature
  2. adverb at an opportune time
  3. adverb introducing a different topic; in point of fact

Etymology

Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”). Similar in meaning and form, and to some extent etymology, to appropriate, but not a doublet of it.

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