Approval
[ə'pruːv(ə)l] or [əˈpruvl]
Definition
(noun.) a message expressing a favorable opinion; 'words of approval seldom passed his lips'.
(noun.) a feeling of liking something or someone good; 'although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval'.
(noun.) acceptance as satisfactory; 'he bought it on approval'.
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Definition
(n.) Approbation; sanction.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Approbation.[2]. Support, sanction, assent, consent, concurrence, ratification.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See APPROBATION]
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Examples
- Recently one of the writers had occasion to present to him a long typewritten document of upward of thirty pages for his approval. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Bucket, satisfied, expresses high approval and awaits her coming at the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sherman had written a letter to Banks, proposing a co-operative movement with him against Shreveport, subject to my approval. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The classification has the approval of the present age. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thy ready wit the word will soon supply, May its approval beam in that soft eye! Jane Austen. Emma.
- My self-approval when I ticked an entry was quite a luxurious sensation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Rosamond too was still under the power of that same past, and her husband was still in part the Lydgate whose approval had stirred delight. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- May I depend on your making no second attempt to see her--except with my sanction and approval? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Trenor, looking stouter than ever in his tight frock-coat, and unbecomingly flushed by the bridal libations, gazed at her with undisguised approval. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The fact is that Edison cares little for the approval of the world, but that he cares everything for the approval of himself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As he fights he wins approval and advancement; as he refrains, he is disliked, ridiculed, shut out from favorable recognition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Casaubon gravely smiled approval, and said to Mr. Brooke, You have an excellent secretary at hand, you perceive. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And even could it have been found, how were the ladies on whose approval she depended to be induced to give her their patronage? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I admired and loved him, and his approval was return enough. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Madame Defarge sat observing it, with such suppressed approval as was to be desired in the leader of the Saint Antoine women. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- What he does and what he can do depend upon the expectations, demands, approvals, and condemnations of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Conscious instruction plays a part; prior approvals and disapprovals have a large influence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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