Approve
verb
To agree with or think positively about something or someone.
She didn't approve of her daughter's boyfriend.
Often appears as...
- approve of
- approve a plan
verb
To officially accept a plan, application, or request.
The bank approved my loan application.
Often appears as...
- approve a request
- approve an application
verb
To give a formal official agreement or permission.
The new law was finally approved by the government.
Often appears as...
- approve a law
- approve a permit
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Formal
Technical
verb
To agree with or think positively about something or someone.
She didn't approve of her daughter's boyfriend.
Often appears as...
- approve of
- approve a plan
verb
To officially accept a plan, application, or request.
The bank approved my loan application.
Often appears as...
- approve a request
- approve an application
verb
To give a formal official agreement or permission.
The new law was finally approved by the government.
Often appears as...
- approve a law
- approve a permit
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Personal Opinion
Use 'approve of' to express personal support or satisfaction about someone or something.
Although unlikely, your parents might approve of your decision to take a gap year.
Pro Tip 2/2Disapproval
'Not approve of' strongly expresses personal disagreement or disapproval, often used politely.
My grandparents do not approve of my playing video games late at night.
Pro Tip 1/2Personal Opinion
Use 'approve of' to express personal support or satisfaction about someone or something.
Although unlikely, your parents might approve of your decision to take a gap year.
Pro Tip 2/2Disapproval
'Not approve of' strongly expresses personal disagreement or disapproval, often used politely.
My grandparents do not approve of my playing video games late at night.
Pro Tip 1/2Personal Opinion
Use 'approve of' to express personal support or satisfaction about someone or something.
Although unlikely, your parents might approve of your decision to take a gap year.
Pro Tip 2/2Disapproval
'Not approve of' strongly expresses personal disagreement or disapproval, often used politely.
My grandparents do not approve of my playing video games late at night.
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Why helmets don't...
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bloom and they've brought their queen she approves of their new home the scarred orchid is testament to the
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and so we have procedures in place that shreds that out, that says, when you find that, not if you find it, when you find it, because you're certain to find it, here's how you protect that. These are called minimization procedures. They're approved by the attorney general and constitutionally based. And so we protect those.
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What happens when our...
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Why helmets don't...
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing.
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Jessica Chastain
American Actress
I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?
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Tristan Harris
American Activist
We're all vulnerable to social approval. The need to belong, to be approved or appreciated by our peers is among the highest human motivations. But now our social approval is in the hands of tech companies.
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Kristin Scott Thomas
English Actress
As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.
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Pauline Neville-Jones
British Public Servant
I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.
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Steve Burton
American Actor
We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.
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Jermaine Fowler
American Actor
I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle
American Critic
I have never done anything in my life that my mother would not have approved of or been proud of.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing.
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Jessica Chastain
American Actress
I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?
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Tristan Harris
American Activist
We're all vulnerable to social approval. The need to belong, to be approved or appreciated by our peers is among the highest human motivations. But now our social approval is in the hands of tech companies.
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Kristin Scott Thomas
English Actress
As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.
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Pauline Neville-Jones
British Public Servant
I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.
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Steve Burton
American Actor
We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.
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Jermaine Fowler
American Actor
I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle
American Critic
I have never done anything in my life that my mother would not have approved of or been proud of.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
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