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What (who) is approve - definition
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Approval mechanism; Approve; Approval (disambiguation)
approve
(approves, approving, approved)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
Not everyone approves of the festival...
VERB: oft with brd-neg, V of n
2.
If you approve of someone or something, you like and admire them.
You've never approved of Henry, have you?...
VERB: oft with brd-neg, V of n
3.
If someone in a position of authority approves a plan or idea, they formally agree to it and say that it can happen.
The Russian Parliament has approved a program of radical economic reforms...
= sanction
VERB: V n
4.
approve
v.
1) to approve of wholeheartedly
2) (D; intr.) to approve of (we approved of his decision)
approve
¦ verb
1. officially accept as satisfactory.
(often approve of) believe that someone or something is good or acceptable.
2. archaic prove; show.
Derivatives
approving adjective
approvingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. aprover, from L. approbare (see approbation).
Wikipedia
Approval
Approval may refer to:
- Approval rating, a polling term which reflects the approval of a particular person or program
- Approval voting, a voting system
- Approval proofer, an output device used in Prepress proofing
- Approved drug, formal government approval of a medication for sale
- Social approval, the positive appraisal and acceptance of a person by a social group
Examples of use of approve
1. Just over three in 10 Republicans, 32 percent, approve and 28 percent of Democrats approve.
2. Approval is lowest in the Northeast, where 23 percent approve, and highest in the Midwest, where 35 percent approve.
3. They‘ll get around to asking whether people approve or strongly approve of nuking Tehran any month now.
4. If it‘s not lawful, I don‘t approve of it, if it‘s lawful, I approve of it," says the PM.
5. Security Council, which must approve new missions.