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 (zh), 赞同 (zh) ‎(zàntóng), 批准 (zh) ‎(pīzhǔn), 贊成 (zh), 赞成 (zh) ‎(zànchéng)

• 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

• German: Genehmigung (de) f
• Greek: έγκριση (el) f ‎(énkrisi)
• 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) ‎(uruksat)
• Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
• Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n ‎(odobrénije), разреше́ние (ru) n ‎(razrešénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n ‎(utverždénije)
• Spanish: aprobación (es) f

acceptance

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

• German: Zustimmung (de) f
• Italian: approvazione (it) f
• Korean: 찬성 (ko) ‎(chanseong)
• Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) ‎(caktıruu), жактыруу (ky) ‎(caktıruu), макулдук берүү (ky) ‎(makulduk berüü), макулдук берүү (ky) ‎(makulduk berüü)
• Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
• Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n ‎(odobrénije), согла́сие (ru) n ‎(soglásije)

(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector

• Korean: 시제품 ‎(sijepum)

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• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aprovim
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אישור m ‎(yshur)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 決裁 ‎(kessai)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} approbātiō f

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