approval

English

Etymology

approve +‎ -al

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuːvəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuvəl/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

approval (countable and uncountable, plural approvals)

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
I need to get an approval on this purchase order.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
Words of approval never seem to come from him.
(especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.

Synonyms

(expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
(expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation; See also Thesaurus:praise

Related terms

approve

Translations

permission

Bulgarian: разрешение (bg) (razrešenie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 贊同 (zh), 赞同 (zh) (zàntóng), 批准 (zh) (pīzhǔn), 贊成 (zh), 赞成 (zh) (zànchéng)
Czech: souhlas (cs) m, schválení n
Danish: godkendelse c
Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f, toestemming (nl) f, instemming (nl) f, permissie (nl) f
Estonian: heakskiitmine (et)
Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
French: agrément (fr) m, approbation (fr) f
Galician: aprobación (gl) f
German: Genehmigung (de) f, Billigung f
Greek: έγκριση (el) f (égkrisi)
Ancient: ἔγκρισις f (énkrisis), εὐδόκησις f (eudókēsis)

Italian: permesso (it) m, approvazione (it) f
Japanese: 賛成 (ja) (さんせい, sansei), 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
Korean: 인가 (ko) (in-ga), 승인 (ko) (seung-in)
Kyrgyz: уруксат (ky) (uruksat)
Lithuanian: sutikimas m
Maori: kupu whakaae
Polish: zgoda (pl) f
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
Spanish: aprobación (es) f, venia, beneplácito (es)
Swedish: godkännande (sv) n

acceptance

Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie)
Czech: schválení, akceptování n, souhlas (cs)
Danish: anerkendelse c
Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f
Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
French: approbation (fr) f
Galician: aprobación (gl) f
German: Zustimmung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποδοχή f (apodokhḗ)

Italian: approvazione (it) f, plauso m, appoggio (it) m, consenso (it) m
Japanese: 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
Korean: 찬성 (ko) (chanseong)
Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) (caktıruu), жактыруу (ky) (caktıruu), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü)
Polish: aprobata (pl) f
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)

(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector

Korean: 시제품 (sijepum)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aprovim (sq)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אישור‎ (he) m (yshur)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 決裁 (kessai)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} approbātiō f

Swedish: ^{(please verify)} instämmande (sv), ^{(please verify)} godkännande (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అనుమతి (te) (anumati), ^{(please verify)} సమ్మతి (te) (sammati)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} izin (tr), ^{(please verify)} onay (tr)