approval

English

Etymology

approve +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuːvəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuvəl/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

approval (plural approvals)

1. 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.

2. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

   Words of approval never seem to come from him.

3. (chiefly philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.

Synonyms

• (expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction
• (expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation

Related terms

• approve

Translations

permission

• Bulgarian: разрешение (bg) (razrešenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贊同, 赞同 (zh) (zàntóng), 批准 (zh) (pīzhǔn), 贊成, 赞成 (zh) (zànchéng)

• Danish: godkendelse c
• Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f, toestemming (nl) f, instemming f, permissie (nl) f
• Estonian: heakskiitmine (et)
• Finnish: hyväksyminen, hyväksyntä
• French: agrément (fr) m, approbation (fr) f

• German: Genehmigung (de) f
• Greek: έγκριση (el) f (égkrisi)
• 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)
• Kyrgyz: уруксат (ky) (uruksat)
• Russian: одобрение (ru) n (odobrénije), разрешение (ru) n (razrešénije), утверждение (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Spanish: aprobación (es) f

acceptance

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie)
• Czech: schválení, souhlas
• Danish: anerkendelse c
• Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f
• Finnish: hyväksyminen, hyväksyntä
• French: approbation (fr) f

• German: Zustimmung (de) f
• Italian: approvazione (it) f
• Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) (caktıruu), жактыруу (ky) (caktıruu), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü)
• Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
• Russian: одобрение (ru) n (odobrénije), согласие (ru) n (soglásije)

item sent to a collector

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: aprovim
• Hebrew: אישור (yshur) m
• Japanese: 決裁 (kessai)
• Latin: approbātiō f

• Portuguese: aprovação
• Swedish: instämmande, godkännande
• Telugu: అనుమతి (te) (anumati), సమ్మతి (te) (sammati)
• Turkish: izin, onay