approve

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
  2. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  4. (intransitive) To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
  5. (archaic, transitive, usually) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

Synonyms

agree
A2
endorse
C2
accept
A2
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sanction
22k
confirm
B2
allow
B1
permit
B2
consent
C1
ratify
authorize
C2
certify
32k
praise
B2
assent
49k
concur
22k
admit
B1
okay
A1
grant
B1

admire

acknowledge
C1
approbate
support
A2
receive
B1
applaud
C2
agree with
commend
C2
affirm
28k
pass
A2
appreciate
A2
adopt
C1
countenance
23k

𐐲𐐹𐑉𐐭𐑂

authorization
C2
authorise
40k

agree to

acquiesce
validate
25k
verify
C1

approve of

consent to

recognize
B1
warrant
B2
approval
C1
comply
C2
permission
B1
indorse
insist
B2
let
A1
extol
favour
B2
recognise
B2
Translations

approuver
approvare
aprobar
billigen
aprovar

εγκρίνω

goedkeuren
gutheißen
aprovar
genehmigen
onaylamak
ratificare
ratihabeo
billijken
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈpɹuːv/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
aproven
Inherited from Middle English
approuen
In summary

From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.

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