approving
Meaning of approving
- showing or feeling approval of someone or something.
the wine drew approving comments from across the table
- officially agree to or accept as satisfactory.
the budget was approved by parliament
- prove; show.
he approved himself ripe for military command
Middle English: from Old French aprover, from Latin approbare (see approbate). The original sense was ‘prove, demonstrate’, later ‘corroborate, confirm’, hence ‘pronounce to be satisfactory’ (late Middle English).
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Hyphenation of approving
ap-prov-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- approving is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
approving synonyms
Meaning approbative:
approbative, approbatory, plausive
Meaning blessing:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask God to look favourably on:
Meaning sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid:
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning declare one's public approval or support of:
Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):
Meaning give (someone) authority to act in a certain way:
Meaning grant a licence to:
Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):
Meaning make or declare legally valid:
Meaning (of a proposal) be approved by a legislative or other official body:
Meaning make (a decision or an agreement) formally valid:
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:
Meaning give approval to:
Meaning obtain in exchange for payment:
approving antonyms
Meaning indicate or show that one is not willing to do something:
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