With your approval, I would like to offer him the job.
Source: tatoeba (17846)
Approval
//əˈpɹuvəl//
Synonyms for "approval" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (66)
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2 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- miratim noun (permission)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- εὐδόκησις noun (permission)
- ἀποδοχή noun (acceptance)
- ἔγκρισις noun (permission)
Arabic
4 entries- تَصْدِيق noun (permission)
- قَبُول noun (permission)
- قُبول noun (permission)
- قُبُول noun (permission)
Belarusian
4 entries- адабрэ́нне noun (permission)
- зацвярджэ́нне noun (permission)
- зго́да noun (permission)
- ухва́ла noun (permission)
Bulgarian
4 entries- одобре́ние noun (permission)
- одобре́ние noun (acceptance)
- разреше́ние noun (permission)
- съгла́сие noun (acceptance)
Catalan
2 entries- aprovació noun (permission)
- aprovació noun (acceptance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 批准 noun (permission)
- 贊同 /赞同 noun (permission)
- 贊成 /赞成 noun (permission)
Czech
4 entries- akceptování noun (acceptance)
- schválení noun (permission)
- schválení noun (acceptance)
- souhlas noun (permission)
Danish
2 entries- anerkendelse noun (acceptance)
- godkendelse noun (permission)
Dutch
4 entries- goedkeuring noun (permission)
- goedkeuring noun (acceptance)
- instemming noun (permission)
- permissie noun (permission)
Esperanto
2 entries- aprobo noun (permission)
- aprobo noun (acceptance)
Estonian
1 entries- heakskiitmine noun (permission)
Finnish
4 entries- hyväksyminen noun (permission)
- hyväksyminen noun (acceptance)
- hyväksyntä noun (permission)
- hyväksyntä noun (acceptance)
French
3 entries- agrément noun (permission)
- approbation noun (permission)
- approbation noun (acceptance)
Galician
2 entries- aprobación noun (permission)
- aprobación noun (acceptance)
German
4 entries- Billigung noun (permission)
- Erlaubnis noun (permission)
- Genehmigung noun (permission)
- Zustimmung noun (acceptance)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (acceptance)
Greek
1 entries- έγκριση noun (permission)
Hebrew
4 entries- אִשּׁוּר \ אישור noun (permission)
- היתר noun (permission)
- קַבָּלָה noun (acceptance)
- רְשׁוּת noun (permission)
Italian
4 entries- appoggio noun (acceptance)
- approvazione noun (permission)
- approvazione noun (acceptance)
- consenso noun (acceptance)
Japanese
3 entries- 承認 noun (permission)
- 承認 noun (acceptance)
- 賛成 noun (permission)
Korean
4 entries- 승인 noun (permission)
- 승인 noun (acceptance)
- 시제품 noun ((chiefly philately) item sent to a collector)
- 인가 noun (permission)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- жактыруу noun (acceptance)
- жактыруу noun (acceptance)
- макулдук берүү noun (acceptance)
- макулдук берүү noun (acceptance)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sutikimas noun (permission)
Macedonian
1 entries- одобрување noun (permission)
Malayalam
2 entries- അംഗീകാരം noun (permission)
- അംഗീകാരം noun (acceptance)
Māori
1 entries- kupu whakaae noun (permission)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اجابت noun (acceptance)
- تصویب noun (permission)
- تصویب noun (acceptance)
Persian
3 entries- تحسین noun (permission)
- تصویب noun (permission)
- قبول noun (permission)
Polish
3 entries- aprobata noun (acceptance)
- zatwierdzenie noun (permission)
- zgoda noun (permission)
Portuguese
2 entries- aprovação noun (permission)
- aprovação noun (acceptance)
Romanian
1 entries- aprobare noun (permission)
Russian
4 entries- одобре́ние noun (permission)
- одобре́ние noun (acceptance)
- разреше́ние noun (permission)
- согла́сие noun (acceptance)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गूर्ति noun (acceptance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- odobrénje noun (permission)
- одобре́ње noun (permission)
Slovak
2 entries- schválenie noun (permission)
- súhlas noun (permission)
Slovene
1 entries- odobritev noun (permission)
Spanish
3 entries- aprobación noun (permission)
- beneplácito noun (permission)
- venia noun (permission)
Swedish
1 entries- godkännande noun (permission)
Tajik
3 entries- маъкул noun (permission)
- тасвиб noun (permission)
- таҳсин noun (permission)
Ukrainian
4 entries- затве́рдження noun (permission)
- зго́да noun (permission)
- зго́да noun (acceptance)
- схва́лення noun (permission)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
If the quality of your product meets with our customer's approval, we will place regular orders.
Source: tatoeba (20161)
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
Source: tatoeba (24179)
She grinned her approval.
Source: tatoeba (35966)
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