1 [V] ~ (of sb/sth) to think that sb/sth is good, acceptable or suitable:
I told my mother I wanted to marry Jan but she didn't approve. * Do you approve of my idea? * He doesn't approve of me leaving school this year. * (formal) He doesn't approve of my leaving school this year.
OPPDISAPPROVE
2 [VN] to officially agree to a plan, proposal, request, etc:
The committee unanimously approved the plan.
3 [VN] [oftenpassive] to say that sth is good enough to be used, or is correct:
The course is approved by the Department for Education. * The auditors approved the company's accounts.
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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 approve is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is approve a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, approve is tagged as verb.
Does approve appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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