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Word:
approve
IPA transcription: [əpɹ'uv]
Pronunciations of approve
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verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
approve, O.K., okay, sanction
Meaning:
give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
Synonyms:
approve
Meaning:
judge to be right or commendable; think well of
Usage examples
"Approve?
I hope you'll approve, Uncle Adam."
Obstinate in a course that we approve.
I honor them, and I approve their conduct.
"I hoped you would approve," she went on, shyly.
"I am afraid you don't approve of them," he said.
But I do not approve of the boarding-house system.
"I don't approve of having boys with long tongues in my house.
Then we shall approve such language as that of Diomede in Homer,
I don't approve of monarchs abdicating in favour of young people."
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Scar (The Lion King)
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