approve

Other forms of approve

past tense

approved·

present participle

approving·

third person

approves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about approve

What does approve mean?

approve means "give sanction to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in approve?

approve has 2 syllables: ap-prove. The stress falls on "prove". In IPA it is /əˈpɹuv/.

What is another word for approve?

Close synonyms include O.K., okay, sanction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of approve?

The recorded antonyms are disapprove, disapprove.

Is approve a common word?

approve is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with approve?

3 words rhyme with approve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.