1 [U] the feeling that sb/sth is good or acceptable; a positive opinion of sb/sth:
She desperately wanted to win her father's approval. * Do the plans meet with your approval? * Several people nodded in approval.
2 [U,C] ~ (for sth) (from sb) agreement to, or permission for sth, especially a plan or request:
The plan will be submitted to the committee for official approval. * parliamentary / congressional / government approval * Senior management have given their seal of approval (= formal approval) to the plans. * I can't agree to anything without my partner's approval. * planning approvals * They required / received approval for the proposal from the shareholders.
3 [U] if you buy goods, or if goods are sold on approval, you can use them for a time without paying, until you decide if you want to buy them or not
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for approval is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is approval a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, approval is tagged as noun.
Does approval appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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