approval

English

Etymology

approve +‎ -al

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Noun

approval (countable and uncountable, 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. (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

• (expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
• (expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation; See also Thesaurus:praise

Related terms

• approve

Translations

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)

acceptance

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie)
• Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
• Czech: schválení, akceptování n, souhlas (cs)
• Danish: anerkendelse c
• Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f
• Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
• French: approbation (fr) f
• Galician: aprobación (gl) f
• German: Zustimmung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποδοχή f (apodokhḗ)

• Hebrew: קבלה‎ (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 (ko) (chanseong)
• Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) (jaqtıruu), жактыруу (ky) (jaqtıruu), макулдук берүү (ky) (maqulduq berüü), макулдук берүү (ky) (maqulduq 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)

(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector

• Korean: 시제품 (sijepum)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aprovim (sq)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 決裁 (ja) (kessai)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} approbātiō f

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} instämmande (sv), ^{(please verify)} godkännande (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అనుమతి (te) (anumati), ^{(please verify)} సమ్మతి (te) (sammati)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} izin (tr), ^{(please verify)} onay (tr)