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# approval

«approval» in Mova's school dictionary: **good or right; liking it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (approval — uncountable; an approval)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thinking that someone or something is good or right; liking it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#m1)

2) Official permission or agreement to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school a plan may need the teacher's approval; trips need parents' approval (a permission slip). In everyday life children want their parents' approval. In news, polls measure a leader's approval rating, often given as a percentage. Phrases: give approval, win approval, nod of approval, on approval (goods you can return).

### examples

- The trip needs your parents' approval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x1)
- She smiled with approval at my drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x2)
- The plan got the head teacher's approval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x3)
- He nodded his approval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x4)
- The new park is waiting for approval from the council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x5)
- The leader's approval rating rose to 60%. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x6)
- All saw the good sense of his words and showed their approval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/#x7)

### note

Verb approve (approve of something). Opposite: disapproval. In maths, an approval rating of 60% means 60 out of every 100 people asked said yes.

### In the corpora

- ["Strategic misrepresentation" means deliberate lying to win approval, for example hiding a project's real cost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/24/)
- [Vaccines are tested in the lab and then in trials with thousands of people before approval, and their safety keeps being watched afterwards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/29-vaccinations-and-why/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «approval» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.