Definition of 'approval'
Word forms: plural approvals
4.
pragmatics note: approvalIn this dictionary, the label approval indicates that you use the word or expression to show that you like or admire the
person or thing you are talking about. An example of a word with this label is broad-minded. See seal of approval
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approval in British English
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approval in American English
(əˈpruːvəl)
noun
1.
the act of approving; approbation
2.
formal permission or sanction
3. Philately
one of a group of selected stamps sent by a dealer to a prospective customer for examination and either purchase or return
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British English: approval
/əˈpruːvl/ NOUN
If a plan or request gets someone's approval, they agree to it.
He gave his personal approval to the security arrangements.
- American English: approval /əˈpruvəl/
- Arabic: مُوافَقَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: aprovação
- Chinese: 批准
- Croatian: odobrenje
- Czech: schválení
- Danish: godkendelse
- Dutch: goedkeuring
- European Spanish: aprobación
- Finnish: hyväksyntä
- French: approbation
- German: Zustimmung
- Greek: έγκριση
- Italian: approvazione
- Japanese: 承認
- Korean: 승인
- Norwegian: godkjenning
- Polish: aprobata
- European Portuguese: aprovação
- Romanian: aprobare
- Russian: одобрение
- Latin American Spanish: aprobación
- Swedish: godkännande
- Thai: การอนุมัติ, การรับรอง, การเห็นพ้อง
- Turkish: onay
- Ukrainian: схвалення
- Vietnamese: sự chấp thuận
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