Approve - English meaning

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

verb

Give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).

Usage examples:

The troops were authorized to use force

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

verb

Declare one's public approval or support of.

Usage examples:

The report was endorsed by the college

noun

Give support or one's approval to

verb

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

Usage examples:

We’re not endorsing tax increases., my wife has publicly endorsed lunny for city council., he endor…

verb

Grant a licence to.

Usage examples:

A pub has to be licensed by the local justices

noun

A permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic drink).

Usage examples:

A gun licence

noun

An official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something

Usage examples:

A fishing/export/driver’s license, poetic/artistic license, she’s licensed to teach elementary scho…

noun

An official order or commission to do something.

Usage examples:

A mandate to seek the release of political prisoners

verb

Give (someone) authority to act in a certain way.

Usage examples:

The rightful king was mandated and sanctioned by god

noun

Authority to act in a particular way given to a government or a person, esp. as a result of a vote or ruling

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the president secured a congressional mandate to send troops to bosnia., the la…

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

verb

Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

Usage examples:

Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year

verb

(esp. of governments or organizations) to agree in writing to a set of rules, or to officially approve a decision or plan

Usage examples:

Four countries have now ratified the agreement., the senate will consider ratification of the treat…

verb

To vote on a decision or sign a written agreement to make it official

Usage examples:

The decision will have to be ratified by the board.

noun

A device used for printing with raised letters, numbers, or pictures made of an elastic substance such as rubber that you cover with ink and press against a surface, or the printed letters, etc., made in this way

Usage examples:

The guard marked my pass with a rubber stamp., the mayor has a lot of power, and city counselors pr…

verb

To approve an idea, project, law, etc. without examining it carefully first

Usage examples:

The board is expected to rubber-stamp the approval next month., the problem we face in this country…

noun

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

Usage examples:

A range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse

verb

Give official permission or approval for (an action).

Usage examples:

The scheme was sanctioned by the court

noun

Approval or permission

Usage examples:

To be just, a government must have the sanction of the governed., trade/economic sanctions, the un …

verb

Check or prove the validity or accuracy of.

Usage examples:

All analytical methods should be validated in respect of accuracy

verb

To make something officially acceptable or approved

Usage examples:

A signature is one of the ways you validate checks and contracts., external validation of the teach…

verb

To check that something is officially true and acceptable, especially in order to approve it

Usage examples:

The test results have been validated by independent experts., validate an agreement/a contract, the…

noun

A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

Usage examples:

Magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest

verb

Justify or necessitate (a course of action).

Usage examples:

The employees feel that industrial action is warranted

verb

To make a particular action necessary or correct, or to be a reason to do something

Usage examples:

His injury was serious enough to warrant an operation., i can see circumstances in which these type…