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.Synonyms [ edit ] Coordinate terms [ edit ] authorization ( in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval ) Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] permission
Albanian: miratim (sq) m
Arabic: قُبُول m ( qubūl ) , قَبُول m ( qabūl ) , مُوَافَقَة f ( muwāfaqa ) , تَصْدِيق m ( taṣdīq )
Hijazi Arabic: قُبول m ( gubūl ) , مُوافقة f ( muwāfaga )
Belarusian: зацвярджэ́нне n ( zacvjardžénnje ) , адабрэ́нне f ( adabrénnje ) , зго́да f ( zhóda ) , ухва́ла f ( uxvála )
Bulgarian: одобре́ние (bg) n ( odobrénie ) , разреше́ние (bg) n ( razrešénie )
Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 贊同 ／ 赞同 (zh) ( zàntóng ) , 批准 (zh) ( pīzhǔn ) , 贊成 ／ 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
Esperanto: aprobo
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: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (he) m ( ishúr ) , רְשׁוּת (he) f ( r'shút ) , 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(認可) (ko) ( in'ga ) , 승인(承認) (ko) ( seung'in ) , 찬성(贊成) (ko) ( chanseong )
Kyrgyz: уруксат (ky) ( uruksat )
Lithuanian: sutikimas m
Macedonian: одобрување n ( odobruvanje )
Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) ( aṅgīkāraṃ )
Maori: kupu whakaae
Persian: تصویب (fa) ( tasvib ) , تحسین (fa) ( tahsin ) , قبول (fa) ( qabul )
Polish: zgoda (pl) f zatwierdzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Romanian: aprobare (ro) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n ( odobrénije ) , разреше́ние (ru) n ( razrešénije ) , утвержде́ние (ru) n ( utverždénije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: одобре́ње n
Roman: odobrénje (sh) n
Slovak: súhlas m schválenie n
Slovene: odobritev f
Spanish: aprobación (es) f venia beneplácito (es)
Swedish: godkännande (sv) n
Tajik: тасвиб ( tasvib ) , таҳсин ( tahsin ) , маъкул ( maʾkul )
Ukrainian: затве́рдження n ( zatvérdžennja ) , схва́лення n ( sxválennja ) , зго́да f ( zhóda )
acceptance
Bulgarian: одобре́ние (bg) n ( odobrénie ) , съгла́сие (bg) n ( sǎglásie )
Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
Czech: schválení akceptování n souhlas (cs)
Danish: anerkendelse c
Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f
Esperanto: aprobo
Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi) , hyväksyntä (fi)
French: approbation (fr) f
Galician: aprobación (gl) f
German: Zustimmung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f ( leikains )
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποδοχή f ( apodokhḗ )
Hebrew: קַבָּלָה (he) f ( kabalá )
Italian: approvazione (it) f plauso (it) m appoggio (it) m consenso (it) m
Japanese: 承認 (ja) ( しょうにん, shōnin )
Korean: 찬성(贊成) (ko) ( chanseong ) , 승인(承認) (ko) ( seung'in )
Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) ( jaktıruu ) , жактыруу (ky) ( jaktıruu ) , макулдук берүү (ky) ( makulduk berüü ) , макулдук берүү (ky) ( makulduk berüü )
Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) ( aṅgīkāraṃ )
Polish: aprobata (pl) f
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n ( odobrénije ) , согла́сие (ru) n ( soglásije )
Sanskrit: गूर्ति (sa) f ( gūrti )
Ukrainian: зго́да f ( zhóda ) , схва́лення n ( sxválennja )
(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector
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