| query | If you win someone's a_______ for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it.If you win someone's approval for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it. ...efforts to win congressional approval for an aid package for Moscow. The chairman has also given his approval for an investigation into the case. The proposed modifications met with widespread approval. |
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| word | approval |
| full-definition | noun If you win someone's approval for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it. ...efforts to win congressional approval for an aid package for Moscow. The chairman has also given his approval for an investigation into the case. The proposed modifications met with widespread approval. Approval is a formal or official statement that something is acceptable . The testing and approval of new drugs will be speeded up. If someone or something has your approval, you like and admire them. His son had an obsessive drive to gain his father's approval. The president's approval rating had risen. |
| inflections | approvals |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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