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1. (v.t.) approve
to speak or think favorably of:
I approve your choice.
2. approve
to find to be acceptable:
Do you approve the plan?
3. approve
to confirm or sanction formally; ratify:
The Senate approved the bill.
4. (v.i.) approve
to have a favorable view:
They don't approve of my friends.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < AF, OF aprover < L approbāre=ap-ap -1+probāre to prove)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) approve, O.K., okay, sanction
give sanction to
"I approve of his educational policies"
2. (verb) approve
judge to be right or commendable; think well of
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1. (verb) approve
≠ disapprove
We approve of the changes being made.; Dad didn't approve of Karl.
2. approve
≠ reject
to approve their applications for visas
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Approve
to show to be real or true; to prove
2. (verb) Approve
to make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically
3. (verb) Approve
to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial
4. (verb) Approve
to regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration
5. (verb) Approve
to make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance
6. (verb) Approve
to make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor
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Sense: (often with of ) to be pleased with or think well of (a person, thing etc)
I approve of your decision.
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 Afrikaans: goedkeur |
 Arabic: يَرْضى عَن، يَسْتَحْسِن |
 Bulgarian: одобрявам |
 Brazilian: aprovar |
 Czech: schvalovat |
 German: gutheißen |
 Danish: godkende; bifalde |
 Greek: επιδοκιμάζω |
 Spanish: aprobar; tener un buen co |
 Estonian: heaks kiitma |
 Farsi: موافق بودن؛ تأیید کردن |
 Finnish: olla tyytyväinen |
 French: approuver |
 Hebrew: לְהַסְכִּים |
 Hindi: अनुमोदन करना |
 Croatian: odobravati |
 Hungarian: helyesel |
 Indonesian: menyukai |
 Icelandic: líka vel, fallast á |
 Italian: approvare |
 Japanese: よいと思う |
 Korean: 인정하다 |
 Lithuanian: pritarti |
 Latvian: atzinīgi novērtēt |
 Malay: bersetuju |
 Dutch: goedkeuren |
 Norwegian: godkjenne, bifalle |
 Polish: aprobować |
 Persian: موافق بودن؛ تأیید کردن |
 Pashto: تایید کول، موافق کیدل |
 Portuguese: aprovar |
 Romanian: a fi de acord (cu) |
 Russian: одобрять |
 Slovak: schvaľovať |
 Slovenian: odobravati |
 Serbian: saglasiti se sa nekim (ne |
 Swedish: gilla, uttrycka sympati f |
 Thai: เห็นชอบกับ |
 Turkish: uygun bulmak, onaylamak, |
 Taiwanese: 滿意 |
 Ukrainian: схвалювати |
 Urdu: پسند کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tán thành |
 Chinese: 满意 |
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