B1verb · transitive · common

approve

ap·prove

approve · approves · approved · approving

схвалити, схвалювати, затвердити, затверджувати

одобрить, одобрять, утверждать, утвердить

billigen, genehmigen, gutheißen

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

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/əˈpɹuːv/

» The plan has yet to be approved.

План ще потрібно затвердити.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
billigen, genehmigen
утвержда́тьutverždátʹ, утверди́тьutverdítʹ, одобря́тьodobrjátʹ
схва́люватиsxváljuvaty, схвали́тиsxvalýty, затве́рджуватиzatvérdžuvaty
(transitive)To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
gutheißen, billigen
одобря́тьodobrjátʹ, одо́бритьodóbritʹ
схва́люватиsxváljuvaty, схвали́тиsxvalýty
judge to be right or commendable; think well of
(intransitive)To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
(English, transitive)To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
(archaic, transitive)To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
1812–1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
пока́зыватьpokázyvatʹ, показа́тьpokazátʹ, дока́зыватьdokázyvatʹ
(archaic, transitive, usually)To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
bewilligen, gutheißen, billigen
одобря́тьodobrjátʹ, одо́бритьodóbritʹ, относи́ться одобри́тельноotnosítʹsja odobrítelʹno
схва́люватиsxváljuvaty, схвали́тиsxvalýty

Examples

397 sentences

The plan has yet to be approved.
План ще потрібно затвердити. — deniko
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Do you approve of what Tom is doing?
Ти схвалюєш те, що робить Том? — deniko
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I'm sorry, Tom. I don't approve of your methods.
Перепрошую, Томе, але я не схвалюю твої методи. — deniko
ruИзвини, Том. Я не одобряю твоих методов. — odexed
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I don't approve of the way he bullies others.
Я не схвалюю, як він кожного займає. — sakhnik
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I approve of your plan.
Я підтримую твій план. — ascolto
ruЯ одобряю твой план. — odexed
deIch billige Ihren Plan. — Zaghawa
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial:

Русский

By meaning 3

to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial:

(archaic in English) to make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically:

to make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial:

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

to make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance:

Origin

From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprove

From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.

From Middle English approuen, approven, from Old French aprouer; a- + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in Latin prōsum (“be useful or profitable”). Compare with improve.

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