approve
approve is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To show to be real or true; to prove. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To show to be real or true; to prove.
- transitive verb. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
- transitive verb. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
- transitive verb. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
- transitive verb. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
- transitive verb. To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
- verb. judge to be right or commendable; think well of
- verb. give sanction to
"I approve of his educational policies"
Synonyms
Common word forms
approved, approver, approves, approving, approvement
Words from these letters
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