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# approve

«approve» in Mova's school dictionary: **good, right or acceptable ("approve of")** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (approve, approves, approved, approving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To think that something or someone is good, right or acceptable ("approve of"). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#m1)

2) To officially agree to a plan, request or idea and allow it to happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#m2)

3) To say yes to something after checking it, like approving a design. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life (parents approve of friends or plans), school (the head approves a trip), and adult life (a bank approves a loan). It tells the reader someone gives permission or a good opinion. Phrases: approve of, approve a plan, approved by, seal of approval.

### examples

- My parents approve of my new friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x1)
- The head teacher approved the class trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x2)
- Mum doesn't approve of eating in front of the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x3)
- The council approved the plans for a new library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x4)
- This toy has been approved as safe for small children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x5)
- The bank approved the loan for the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x6)
- I hope the teacher approves my project idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x7)
- Toto did not approve of this new comrade at first, for he could not forget how nearly he had been crushed between the Lion’s great jaws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/#x8)

### note

"Approve of" + person or thing = think it is good; "approve" + plan = officially allow. Noun: approval. Opposite: disapprove (of), reject. Past: approved.

### In the corpora

- [«The animals did not hold with villages» (did not like or approve of them).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/13/)
- [Saul hunted down the first Christians and approved the killing of Stephen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/0/)
- [Saul hunted down the first Christians and approved the killing of Stephen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/9/)
- [This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.809/)
- [To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.89/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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