approved

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuːvd/

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Adjective

approved (not comparable)

1. Having received approval.

   Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month.

2. (archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:

     Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ’d,
     In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope,
     What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?

Translations

having received approval

• Bengali: মঞ্জুর (môñjur)
• Finnish: hyväksytty (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δόκιμος (dókimos)

• Hindi: अनुमोदित (anumodit)
• Hungarian: jóváhagyott (hu)
• Latin: probātus
• Portuguese: aprovado (pt)
• Spanish: aprobado (es)
• Swedish: godkänd (sv)

Verb

approved

1. simple past tense and past participle of approve