verb

approve

UK /əˈpruːv/US /ʌˈpruv/

approve

VERB

Definition of approve

1

If a person in power approves something such as a plan, a sale, a rule, etc., they say it is OK and it may go ahead.

Example: Voters there have approved a plan to remove most cars from the city center.

1

If you approve of something, you think it is good.

Example: The latest survey shows that only 32 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job.

approve

EXAMPLES

Examples of approve

1

Voters there have approved a plan to remove most cars from the city center.

Example sentence
2

The Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for medical use.

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3

The latest survey shows that only 32 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job.

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approve

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Related words and phrases

Opposite words

rejectdisapprovedisagree

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