approval

«approval» in Mova's school dictionary: good or right; liking it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (approval — uncountable; an approval)

meaning for a pupil

1) Thinking that someone or something is good or right; liking it. tree →

2) Official permission or agreement to do something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school a plan may need the teacher's approval; trips need parents' approval (a permission slip). In everyday life children want their parents' approval. In news, polls measure a leader's approval rating, often given as a percentage. Phrases: give approval, win approval, nod of approval, on approval (goods you can return).

examples

• The trip needs your parents' approval. tree →
• She smiled with approval at my drawing. tree →
• The plan got the head teacher's approval. tree →
• He nodded his approval. tree →
• The new park is waiting for approval from the council. tree →
• The leader's approval rating rose to 60%. tree →
• All saw the good sense of his words and showed their approval. tree →

note

Verb approve (approve of something). Opposite: disapproval. In maths, an approval rating of 60% means 60 out of every 100 people asked said yes.

In the corpora

• "Strategic misrepresentation" means deliberate lying to win approval, for example hiding a project's real cost.
• Vaccines are tested in the lab and then in trials with thousands of people before approval, and their safety keeps being watched afterwards.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «approval» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.