Approval
noun
When you agree with something or think that it is acceptable.
Your project will start as soon as we get the approval from the board.
Often appears as...
- seek approval
- grant approval
noun
Approval from a governing authority or body.
The new law will not be in effect until it gets approval from the parliament.
Often appears as...
- legal approval
- regulatory approval
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Approval of a product or service as safe or advantageous.
The new drug has finally received FDA approval and will be available to the public soon.
Often appears as...
- fda approval
- ce approval
noun
When you agree with something or think that it is acceptable.
Your project will start as soon as we get the approval from the board.
Often appears as...
- seek approval
- grant approval
noun
Approval from a governing authority or body.
The new law will not be in effect until it gets approval from the parliament.
Often appears as...
- legal approval
- regulatory approval
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Approval of a product or service as safe or advantageous.
The new drug has finally received FDA approval and will be available to the public soon.
Often appears as...
- fda approval
- ce approval
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Approval carries positive emotions, indicating support and satisfaction with an idea or action.
His smile gave me the approval I needed to proceed.
Pro Tip 2/3Awaiting Response
Often used when action is postponed until an authority gives the green light.
We're on hold until we receive approval.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Preference
Used to express agreement with someone's choices or preferences.
I got the manager's approval on my vacation dates.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Approval carries positive emotions, indicating support and satisfaction with an idea or action.
His smile gave me the approval I needed to proceed.
Pro Tip 2/3Awaiting Response
Often used when action is postponed until an authority gives the green light.
We're on hold until we receive approval.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Preference
Used to express agreement with someone's choices or preferences.
I got the manager's approval on my vacation dates.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Approval carries positive emotions, indicating support and satisfaction with an idea or action.
His smile gave me the approval I needed to proceed.
Pro Tip 2/3Awaiting Response
Often used when action is postponed until an authority gives the green light.
We're on hold until we receive approval.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Preference
Used to express agreement with someone's choices or preferences.
I got the manager's approval on my vacation dates.
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A bold idea to replace...
that could try to write a law that would get a certain percentage of approval, and you could reverse the process. Now, you might think that this idea is ludicrous and we should not do it, but you cannot deny that it's an idea that is only possible in a world in which direct democracy and software agents are a viable form of participation.
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Fighting for a free...
flew to the pH ru we installed it we trained the doctors we trained the staff and we went home and then we waited I can cannot count how many people said that we would not get ethics approval to do this project and I can tell you two months ago one of the highest ethics
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
Governments get elected, and then they fall below 50 percent approval in a few months and stay there and get worse until the next election. Democracy is becoming a perpetual cycle of elect and regret. At this rate, I'm afraid it is democracy,
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I don't want children --...
I wanted to know approval to aftermath, satisfaction rates, risks, statistics. And at first, I was empowered. You see, the way the narrative has always been taught to me, I would have thought that women who didn't want children were so rare,
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Steve Silberman: The...
desperate to earn their approval. As a result, autism became a source of shame and stigma for families, and two generations of autistic children were shipped off to institutions for their own good, becoming invisible to the world at large.
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
towards a economic recovery that's that's going to be very important for us just to understand the swing of what happened to us just when covet hit we were preparing to send our budget to the council to our council for approval and we had
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Saving Hawaii’s Birds...
The problem is we're still probably a couple of years out, Both on the science front and on the public approval. Endangered species are protected. It seems a bit ironic, but sometimes you also move more slowly to protect them.
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Rory Sutherland:...
but one that actually meets with public approval and even a small degree of affection, rather than being seen as bastardy. So where economists make the fundamental mistake is they think that money is money.
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The Egyptian Book of the...
who gives him final approval to enter the afterlife. In the endless and lush field of reeds, Ani meets his deceased parents. Here, there is no sadness, pain, or anger, but there is work to be done.
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Elon Musk: A future...
will be integrating the engines into the booster for the first orbital flight starting in about a week or two. And the launch complex itself is ready to go. So assuming we get regulatory approval,
Video examples
A bold idea to replace...
that could try to write a law that would get a certain percentage of approval, and you could reverse the process. Now, you might think that this idea is ludicrous and we should not do it, but you cannot deny that it's an idea that is only possible in a world in which direct democracy and software agents are a viable form of participation.
Video examples
Fighting for a free...
flew to the pH ru we installed it we trained the doctors we trained the staff and we went home and then we waited I can cannot count how many people said that we would not get ethics approval to do this project and I can tell you two months ago one of the highest ethics
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
Governments get elected, and then they fall below 50 percent approval in a few months and stay there and get worse until the next election. Democracy is becoming a perpetual cycle of elect and regret. At this rate, I'm afraid it is democracy,
Video examples
I don't want children --...
I wanted to know approval to aftermath, satisfaction rates, risks, statistics. And at first, I was empowered. You see, the way the narrative has always been taught to me, I would have thought that women who didn't want children were so rare,
Video examples
Steve Silberman: The...
desperate to earn their approval. As a result, autism became a source of shame and stigma for families, and two generations of autistic children were shipped off to institutions for their own good, becoming invisible to the world at large.
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
towards a economic recovery that's that's going to be very important for us just to understand the swing of what happened to us just when covet hit we were preparing to send our budget to the council to our council for approval and we had
Video examples
Saving Hawaii’s Birds...
The problem is we're still probably a couple of years out, Both on the science front and on the public approval. Endangered species are protected. It seems a bit ironic, but sometimes you also move more slowly to protect them.
Video examples
Rory Sutherland:...
but one that actually meets with public approval and even a small degree of affection, rather than being seen as bastardy. So where economists make the fundamental mistake is they think that money is money.
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
who gives him final approval to enter the afterlife. In the endless and lush field of reeds, Ani meets his deceased parents. Here, there is no sadness, pain, or anger, but there is work to be done.
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
will be integrating the engines into the booster for the first orbital flight starting in about a week or two. And the launch complex itself is ready to go. So assuming we get regulatory approval,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, 'Do not seek approval from the audience.' People don't realize that. You can't do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
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Glen Hansard
Irish Musician
This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.
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Jimmy Carr
English Comedian
The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.
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Gerald R. Ford
American President
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
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Yolanda Hadid
American Model
No matter how old we are, there is nothing better then getting the approval from our parents and the sense that they are proud of our accomplishments in life.
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Jason Bonham
English Musician
I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
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Dawn Steel
American Businesswoman
You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.
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Thomas S. Monson
American Clergyman
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.
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Franz Schubert
Austrian Composer
Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, 'Do not seek approval from the audience.' People don't realize that. You can't do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
Quote examples
Glen Hansard
Irish Musician
This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.
Quote examples
Jimmy Carr
English Comedian
The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.
Quote examples
Gerald R. Ford
American President
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
Quote examples
Yolanda Hadid
American Model
No matter how old we are, there is nothing better then getting the approval from our parents and the sense that they are proud of our accomplishments in life.
Quote examples
Jason Bonham
English Musician
I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.
Quote examples
Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
Quote examples
Dawn Steel
American Businesswoman
You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.
Quote examples
Thomas S. Monson
American Clergyman
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.
Quote examples
Franz Schubert
Austrian Composer
Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.
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