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approve
[ uh-proov ]
verb (used with object)
- to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably:
to approve the policies of the administration.
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- to consent or agree to:
Father approved our plan to visit Chicago.
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- to confirm or sanction formally; ratify:
The Senate promptly approved the bill.
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- Obsolete.
- to demonstrate; show.
- to make good; attest.
- to prove by trial.
- to convict.
verb (used without object)
- to speak or consider favorably (sometimes followed by of: )
Mother didn't approve of him.
The boss wouldn't approve of the plan.
He said that he approved.
approve
1/ əˈː /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by of to consider fair, good, or right; commend (a person or thing)
- tr to authorize or sanction
- obsolete.tr to demonstrate or prove by trial
approve
2/ əˈː /
verb
- tr law to improve or increase the value of (waste or common land), as by enclosure
Derived Forms
- ˈDZԲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·DZ·· adverb
- ·DZ··Ա noun
- ·DZ·Բ· adverb
- ԴDz··DZ adjective
- ··DZ verb preapproved preapproving
- ··DZ verb reapproved reapproving
- -·DZ adjective
- -·DZ·Բ adjective
- ܲ··DZ adjective
- ܲ··DZ·Բ adjective
- un··DZ·Բ· adverb
- ɱ-·DZ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of approve1
Origin of approve2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Gen. Rob Bonta, eight Democratic-leaning states filed suit in Boston and argued that Congress had approved the grants and that their sudden canceling was not “authorized by law.”
This headache could become a thing of the past with a new bill in the California Legislature that, if approved, would require landlords to provide refrigerators and stoves in their rentals.
The president also suggested the US could offer a deal where China agrees to approve a TikTok sale in exchange for relief from US tariffs on Chinese imports.
Angel Studios has an unusual crowd-funding model in which its members — known as the Angel Guild — must approve each film they release.
Federal Communications Commission has already approved well over 7,000 further satellites, and SpaceX alone is aiming to get tens of thousands of their own into LEO over the next decade.
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