Approve

What do we mean by approve?

To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction. intransitive verb

To consider right or good. intransitive verb

To prove or attest. intransitive verb

To show, feel, or express approval. intransitive verb

To make good; show to be real or true; prove; confirm; attest; corroborate.

To show; prove to be; demonstrate.

To sanction officially; ratify authoritatively: as, the decision of the court martial was approved.

To pronounce good; think or judge well of; admit the propriety or excellence of; be pleased with; commend: as, on trial the goods were approved; to approve the policy of the administration.

To manifest as worthy of approval; commend: used reflexively.

To put to the test; prove by trial; try.

Hence—. To convict upon trial or by proof.

. To show itself to be; prove or turn out.

To think or judge well or favorably; be pleased: usually with of.

In law, to turn to one's own profit; augment the value or profits of, as of waste land, by inclosing and cultivating; improve.

To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor. transitive verb

To show to be real or true; to prove. transitive verb

To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. transitive verb

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm. transitive verb

To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. transitive verb

To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. transitive verb

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

(followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.

To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

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A mutual approving between a party. Urban Dictionary

The phenomena of Gen-Z saying everything like a question out of a subconscious need for approval. Urban Dictionary

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Anything not containing sexual innuendo, profanity, drugs, alcohol, caffeine or coffee. Also someone who excels in school and/ or volunteers excessively. Urban Dictionary

Farm Slang: When constructing something on the farm, cats will typcially refrain from climbing around on it until its structural integrity has been tested. Once they know it will not fall out from under them, they will climb all over it until the end of time. Urban Dictionary

Synonym to "kosher" and "legimate." Urban Dictionary

Somone who try's to seek approval from other people to feel ok with themselves. Urban Dictionary

On Facebook, when you receive a request from someone who you see has several mutual friends, but you know that you have never met them and don't really want to approve their friend request, but you do anyway to avoid looking like an asshole/bitch, this is considered a courtesy approve. Urban Dictionary

Someone who constantly looks for approval from others. Most likely this person has low self-esteem and only values him/herself based on making other people happy and gaining their approval. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to approve:
approve.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word approve:
disapprove, disapproving, reject, veto, alteration, longstanding, embryonic, amendments, referendum, deny, uncertain, approval, approved, proposal, budget, socially, amendment, constitution, bills, merger, legislation, legislature, constitutional, request, ballot, proposed, decisions, consent, permit, marriage, petition, plan, submitted, vote, appointment, application, measure, stem, bill, sale, funding, contracts, rejected, taxes, agreement, ban, plans, relationship, resolution, voting.

Words that rhyme with approve:
move, groove, prove, improve, disprove, remove, behoove, disapprove, hoove, poove, countermove, struve, on the move, juve, duve, chess move, opening move, veuve, stueve, stuve.

Adjectives that are often used to describe approve:
rural, total, south.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective approve:
button, link, action, permission.

Words that sound like approve:
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