Meaning of approve | Babel Free

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1. To show, feel, or express approval: We didn't approve of the decision.
2. the act or state of agreeing to or being pleased with (a person, thing etc). This proposal meets with my approval. goedkeuring مُوافَقَة، قُبول، إسْتِحْسان одобрение aprovação schválení die Billigung godkendelse; bifald έγκρισηaprobación heakskiit موافقت؛ نظر مساعد hyväksyntä approbationאישור, הסכמה अनुमोदन odobrenje jóváhagyás persetujuan samþykki; velþóknun approvazione 賛成 승인 pritarimas atzīšana; apstiprinājums kelulusan goedkeuringgodkjenning, bifall, samtykkezgoda قبلول، موافقه aprovação ...
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3. to be sent or given back to a shop etc if not satisfactory. She bought two dresses on approval. op sig (أخذ بِضاعَة) عَلى سَبيل التَّجْرِبَه، حَسَب الإسْتِحْسان преоценка sob condição s výhradou vrácení zur Ansicht på prøve; til gennemsyn δοκιμαστικά a prueba, previa aceptación proovikaubana قابل پس دادن kokeiltavana sous condition לִבְדִיקָה, לְנִיסָיוֹן संतोषजनक नहीं हो तो लौटाने की शर्त पर na ogled megtekintésre küldött áru atas syarat til skoðunar/reynslu in prova 点検売買の条件で 승인 하에 išbandymu...
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4. aprobar, aceptar, dar estimación.
5. To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction: The Senate approved the treaty.
6. To consider right or good: "He came to ask me ... whether I approved his choice altogether" (Jane Austen).
7. Obsolete To prove or attest.
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8. (when: intr, often foll by of) to consider fair, good, or right; commend (a person or thing)
9. (tr) to authorize or sanction
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10. (tr) obsolete to demonstrate or prove by trial
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