approval

English

Etymology

From approve +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuːvəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuvəl/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

approval (countable and uncountable, plural approvals)

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
I need to get an approval on this purchase order.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
Words of approval never seem to come from him.
(especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.

Synonyms

(expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
(expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation; See also Thesaurus:praise

Coordinate terms

authorization (in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval)

Derived terms

Related terms

approve (verb), approved (adj)

Translations

permission

Albanian: miratim (sq) m
Arabic: قُبُول m (qubūl), قَبُول m (qabūl), مُوَافَقَة f (muwāfaqa), تَصْدِيق (ar) m (taṣdīq)
Hijazi Arabic: قُبول m (gubūl), مُوافقة f (muwāfaga)
Belarusian: зацвярджэ́нне n (zacvjardžénnje), адабрэ́нне f (adabrénnje), зго́да f (zhóda), ухва́ла f (uxvála)
Bulgarian: одобре́ние (bg) n (odobrénie), разреше́ние (bg) n (razrešénie)
Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 贊同 / 赞同 (zh) (zàntóng), 批准 (zh) (pīzhǔn), 贊成 / 赞成 (zh) (zànchéng)
Czech: souhlas (cs) m, schválení n
Danish: godkendelse c
Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f, toestemming (nl) f, instemming (nl) f, permissie (nl) f
Esperanto: aprobo
Estonian: heakskiitmine (et)
Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
French: agrément (fr) m, approbation (fr) f
Galician: aprobación (gl) f
German: Genehmigung (de) f, Billigung (de) f, Erlaubnis (de) f
Greek: έγκριση (el) f (égkrisi)
Ancient: ἔγκρισις f (énkrisis), εὐδόκησις f (eudókēsis)
Hebrew: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (he) m (ishúr), רְשׁוּת (he) f (r'shút), היתר m (hetér)
Italian: permesso (it) m, approvazione (it) f
Japanese: 賛成 (ja) (さんせい, sansei), 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
Korean: 인가(認可) (ko) (in'ga), 승인(承認) (ko) (seung'in), 찬성(贊成) (ko) (chanseong)
Kyrgyz: уруксат (ky) (uruksat)
Lithuanian: sutikimas m
Macedonian: одобрување n (odobruvanje)
Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) (aṅgīkāraṁ)
Maori: kupu whakaae
Ottoman Turkish: اجابت (icabet)
Persian: تصویب (fa) (tasvib), تحسین (fa) (tahsin), قبول (fa) (qabul)
Polish: zgoda (pl) f, zatwierdzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Romanian: aprobare (ro) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: одобре́ње n

Roman: odobrénje (sh) n
Slovak: súhlas m, schválenie n
Slovene: odobritev f
Spanish: aprobación (es) f, venia (es), beneplácito (es)
Swedish: godkännande (sv) n
Tajik: тасвиб (tasvib), таҳсин (tahsin), маъкул (maʾkul)
Ukrainian: затве́рдження n (zatvérdžennja), схва́лення n (sxválennja), зго́да f (zhóda)

acceptance

Bulgarian: одобре́ние (bg) n (odobrénie), съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie)
Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
Czech: schválení, akceptování n, souhlas (cs)
Danish: anerkendelse c
Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f
Esperanto: aprobo
Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
French: approbation (fr) f
Galician: aprobación (gl) f
German: Zustimmung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (leikains)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποδοχή f (apodokhḗ)
Hebrew: קַבָּלָה (he) f (kabalá)
Italian: approvazione (it) f, plauso (it) m, appoggio (it) m, consenso (it) m
Japanese: 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
Korean: 찬성(贊成) (ko) (chanseong), 승인(承認) (ko) (seung'in)
Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) (jaktıruu), жактыруу (ky) (jaktıruu), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü)
Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) (aṅgīkāraṁ)
Polish: aprobata (pl) f
Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)
Sanskrit: गूर्ति (sa) f (gūrti)
Ukrainian: зго́да f (zhóda), схва́лення n (sxválennja)

(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector

Korean: 시제품(試製品) (sijepum)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aprovim (sq)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 決裁 (ja) (けっさい, kessai)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} approbātiō f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} instämmande (sv), ^{(please verify)} godkännande (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అనుమతి (te) (anumati), ^{(please verify)} సమ్మతి (te) (sammati)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} izin (tr), ^{(please verify)} onay (tr)