approval
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1.6
- noun
- /əˈpruːvəl/
- Formal
:
aprobación
- "The owner must obtain written approval to make material changes to property.
- require approval
- obtain approval
- grant approval
OK, in terms of FDA approval, it hasn't happened yet.
- OK, in terms of FDA approval, it hasn't happened yet.
- We are waiting for regulatory approval, you know?
- Shortly thereafter they got approval to buy new jets.
- It did eventually get FDA approval specifically for weight loss.
- And to me, this vaccine approval makes me emotional.
- They've gotten approval from the FDA to sell this stuff.
- The USUSA and the State Department have approval over what staff they can hire.
- But so we sat there parked and waiting to get approval to go in to this mosque.
- We'll see how our ETF approvals go here or the world's ETF approvals go with BTC.
- And I think we'll see a lot more rapid approval processes now for pipelines at FERC.
- And he eventually gave his approval to allow us to continue this affair.
Examples
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Shortly thereafter they got approval to buy new jets.
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The term of the project is 30 years, and congressional approval was issued in three months.
Academic text (1999) -
A week was all we could get approval for.
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I got the approval from Donald Trump.
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We are waiting for regulatory approval, you know?
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Most of us need to get approval from our neighbors...
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So FDA has granted them approval to market this thing.
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University and district internal review board approval was obtained prior to initiating the study.
Academic text (2011) -
They've gotten approval from the FDA to sell this stuff.
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Before starting the project, we need to secure official approval from the city's planning department.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Official approval that lets you do something
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3.2
Permission for something to happen, often given in writing
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2.1
An official paper that lets someone do something
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3.1
Official permission to do something
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4.4
Official permission to do something
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2.5
Formal approval from a person in charge to allow something
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5.7
Official permission from an authority to do something
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1.0
Permission from a person in charge to start something
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3.9
An official stamp shows a person in charge thinks something is good
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3.4
An official sign that shows someone agrees with something
Spoken agreement that allows someone to do something
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
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2.7
The share of people in polls who say they support a person, group, or idea
How Authorized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Approval comes from the Latin parts ad- ('to') and probare ('to test' or 'to prove'), the same root behind proof and prove. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of approval as an official 'okay' given after something has been checked. So, approval here means official agreement or permission.