English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
approve + -al
Pronunciation [ edit ]
approval (countable and uncountable , plural approvals )
An expression granting permission ; an indication of agreement with a proposal ; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements .
I need to get an approval on this purchase order.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement ; a compliment that also condones .
Words of approval never seem to come from him.
( especially philately ) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests ; the collector can approve of or return the item.
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Translations [ edit ]
permission
Bulgarian: разрешение (bg) ( razrešenie )
Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 贊同 (zh) , 赞同 (zh) ( zàntóng ) , 批准 (zh) ( pīzhǔn ) , 贊成 (zh) , 赞成 (zh) ( zànchéng )
Czech: souhlas (cs) m , schválení n
Danish: godkendelse c
Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f , toestemming (nl) f , instemming (nl) f , permissie (nl) f
Estonian: heakskiitmine (et)
Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi) , hyväksyntä (fi)
French: agrément (fr) m , approbation (fr) f
Galician: aprobación (gl) f
German: Genehmigung (de) f , Billigung (de) f , Erlaubnis (de) f
Greek: έγκριση (el) f ( égkrisi )
Ancient: ἔγκρισις f ( énkrisis ) , εὐδόκησις f ( eudókēsis )
Hebrew: אישור (he) m ( ishúr ) , רשות (he) f ( reshút ) , היתר m ( hetér )
Italian: permesso (it) m , approvazione (it) f
Japanese: 賛成 (ja) ( さんせい, sansei ) , 承認 (ja) ( しょうにん, shōnin )
Korean: 인가 (ko) ( in'ga ) , 승인 (ko) ( seung'in )
Kyrgyz: уруксат (ky) ( uruqsat )
Lithuanian: sutikimas m
Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) ( aṅgīkāraṃ )
Maori: kupu whakaae
Polish: zgoda (pl) f , zatwierdzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n ( odobrénije ) , разреше́ние (ru) n ( razrešénije ) , утвержде́ние (ru) n ( utverždénije )
Spanish: aprobación (es) f , venia , beneplácito (es)
Swedish: godkännande (sv) n
Ukrainian: затве́рдження n ( zatvérdžennja )
(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector
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