English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ English approval
From approve + -al.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɹuːvəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈpɹuvəl/
- Rhymes: -uːvəl
Noun
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
Coordinate terms
- authorization (in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval)
Derived terms
Translations
expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
- Albanian: miratim (sq) m
- Arabic: قُبُول m (qubūl), قَبُول m (qabūl), مُوَافَقَة f (muwāfaqa), تَصْدِيق (ar) 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 Greek: ἔγκρισις f (énkrisis), εὐδόκησις f (eudókēsis)
- Hebrew: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (he) m (ishúr), רְשׁוּת (he) f (r'shút), היתר m (hetér)
- Hungarian: jóváhagyás (hu), hozzájárulás (hu), beleegyezés (hu), helybenhagyás (hu)
- 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) (aṅgīkāraṁ)
- Māori: 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
- Latin: odobrénje (sh) n
- Slovak: súhlas m, schválenie n
- Slovene: odobritev f
- Spanish: aprobación (es) f, venia (es) f, beneplácito (es) m
- Swedish: godkännande (sv) n
- Tajik: тасвиб (tasvib), таҳсин (tahsin), маъкул (ma'kul)
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib)
- Ukrainian: затве́рдження n (zatvérdžennja), схва́лення n (sxválennja), зго́да f (zhóda)
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expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
- 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 Greek: ἀποδοχή f (apodokhḗ)
- Hebrew: קַבָּלָה (he) f (kabalá)
- Hungarian: elismerés (hu), tetszés (hu), helyeslés (hu)
- 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) (aṅgīkāraṁ)
- Polish: aprobata (pl) f
- Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
- Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)
- Sanskrit: गूर्ति (sa) f (gūrti)
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib), اجابت (icabet)
- Ukrainian: зго́да f (zhóda), схва́лення n (sxválennja)
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(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector
- Korean: 시제품(試製品) (sijepum)
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