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approval

noun
/əˈpɹuːvəl/UK/əˈpɹuvəl/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der. Proto-Italic *proβwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *proβwāō Latin probō Latin approbōder. Old French aproverbor. Middle English aproven English approve Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English approval From approve + -al.

  1. derived from approbō
  2. derived from aprover
  3. inherited from aproven
  4. suffixed as approval — “approve + al”

Definitions

  1. An expression granting permission

    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.

  2. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement

    An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

    • Words of approval never seem to come from him.

  3. Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests

    Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.

The neighborhood

Derived

approval voting, disapproval, fore-approval, nonapproval, postapproval, preapproval, pre-approval letter, reapproval, sale on approval, seal of approval, stamp of approval, type approval, unapproval

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at approval. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at approval. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at approval

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA