Definitions for approved
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. approved, sanctionedadjective

   established by authority; given authoritative approval

   "a list of approved candidates"

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1. approvedadjective

   Describing something that has received approval.

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1. approved

   Approved refers to something that has been officially accepted or authorized. This could involve a variety of contexts, including a plan, document, product, or even a person. An approval signifies that it has been reviewed and found to meet established standards, regulations or criteria.

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1. Approved

   of Approve

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1. approvedverb

   Verb form of the word approve.

   They approved the expenditure responsibly.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'approved' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2612

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'approved' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3565

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce approved?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say approved in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of approved in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of approved in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of approved in a Sentence

1. The FDA:

   Biosimilars will provide access to important therapies for patients who need them, patients and the health care community can be confident that biosimilar products approved by the FDA meet the agency's rigorous safety, efficacy and quality standards.

2. Carlo Reyes:

   Parents that are being marketed to are seeing it as a medical device even if it isn’t an FDA-approved one.

3. Principal David Stirrat:

   In Lulabel’s case, her approved speech didn’t include any reference to an assault, we certainly would have considered such an addition, provided no individuals were named or defamed.

4. The European Commission:

   The European Commission has approved additional state aid of 2.72 billion euros to Greek Piraeus Bank under EU state aid rules, on the basis of an amended restructuring plan, i welcome that Piraeus Bank has covered a significant part of its capital needs from private investors. This is a sign of market confidence. The additional public support and further implementation of its restructuring plan should enable the bank to return to long-term viability and continue supporting the recovery of the Greek economy.

5. George Conway:

   The fact that a federal judge approved it shows that, hey, they've got something there. We just don't know what it is.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=approved
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Approved
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approved
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=approved