give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
approve
How to use approve in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for approve.
Editorial note
Or why has Congress been willing to approve this program on multiple occasions?
Quick take
give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of approve gathered in one view.
judge to be right or commendable; think well of
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for approve.
verb
give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
verb
judge to be right or commendable; think well of
Example sentences
Or why has Congress been willing to approve this program on multiple occasions?
" Old title was "FCC approves plan to allow for paid priority on Internet.
Some of the best corp dev guys I know have the worst grammar and email manners and to focus on that as a weakness is ridiculous...as long as they can approve a wire transfer, who cares?
"And while you're busy learning the basics, we'll just wait until you release something so we can publicly ridicule you on Twitter because you did something we don't approve of.
While I don't really approve of the anti-sourceforge attitude, I do understand it; when SF had essentially a monopoly on open source project storage, they chose to milk it and rest on their laurels rather than improve themselves.
But that didn't solve it for everybody; another person just now commented:I wanted to read, but I got this thing saying I need to approve an app called Quora - an app which "may post on my behalf" - which seems like a rather large presumption for an app to take.
He asks the DoD to give him options for doing more in Syria, no doubt already knowing that all the options would be high on cost and low on effectiveness and that he won't approve any of the options; but just by making public that he asked for the options he will please some voters.
]Just imagine if a PhD candidate wasn't required to do a literature survey as part of her dissertation work, but instead her advisor and thesis committee were required to approve her degree unless they and their TAs could affirmatively demonstrate that her research was insufficiently novel.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use approve in a sentence?
Or why has Congress been willing to approve this program on multiple occasions?
What does approve mean?
give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
What part of speech is approve?
approve is commonly used as verb.