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How to pronounce “approve”
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Pronunciation guide for approve
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of approve with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Why Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russia Changes War Forever
to approve an annexation, all of this stuff.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce approve
Why Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russia Changes War Forever

to approve an annexation, all of this stuff.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “approve”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
- (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
- (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
- (archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
Practice Nearby Words
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