Approve vs. Approved — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Approve and Approved
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Approve
To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction
The Senate approved the treaty.
Approved
To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction
The Senate approved the treaty.
Approve
To consider right or good
"He came to ask me ... whether I approved his choice altogether" (Jane Austen).
Approved
To consider right or good
"He came to ask me ... whether I approved his choice altogether" (Jane Austen).
Approve
(Obsolete)To prove or attest.
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Approved
(Obsolete)To prove or attest.
Approve
To show, feel, or express approval
We didn't approve of the decision.
Approved
To show, feel, or express approval
We didn't approve of the decision.
Approve
(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
Approved
Having received approval.
Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month.
Approve
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
Approved
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Approve
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
Approved
Simple past tense and past participle of approve
Approve
To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
Approved
Established by authority; given authoritative approval;
A list of approved candidates
Approve
To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
Approved
Generally or especially officially judged acceptable or satisfactory;
An approved method
Work on the approved project went ahead on schedule
Approve
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Approve
To show to be real or true; to prove.
Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? ApproveFirst thy obedience.
Approve
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
Opportunities to approve . . . worth.
He had approved himself a great warrior.
'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
His account . . . approves him a man of thought.
Approve
To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
Approve
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
Approve
To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
They had not approved of the deposition of James.
They approved of the political institutions.
Approve
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.
Approve
Give sanction to;
I approve of his educational policies
Approve
Judge to be right or commendable; think well of
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