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approved

/əˈpɹuːvd/

approved adjective: having received approval. Also the simple past and past participle of approve.

Adjective

approved (not comparable)

  1. Having received approval.
    • Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month.
  2. (archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
    • Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ’d,
      In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope,
      What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Also used as

approved is also the simple past and past participle of approve.

approved meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

approved in Hindi

having received approval
अनुमोदित anumodit

approved in Bengali

having received approval
মঞ্জুর monjur

approved in Telugu

ఆమోదం పొందింది, ఆమోదించింది, ఆమోదించబడింది

approved in Malayalam

അംഗീകാരം ലഭിച്ചു, അംഗീകാരം നൽകി
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approved in Kannada
ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ಪಡೆದಿದೆ, ಅನುಮೋದಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ
approved in Punjabi
ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰ, ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਗਈ, ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ
approved in Gujarati
મંજૂરી આપવામાં આવી, મંજૂર કરવામાં આવી
approved in Nepali
स्वीकृत

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Phrases with approved

Words that rhyme with approved

Questions about approved

What does approved mean?
Approved means having received approval.
What is approved in Hindi?
Approved in Hindi is अनुमोदित (anumodit). See Approved meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is approved?
Approved is an adjective.
How do you pronounce approved?
Approved is pronounced /əˈpɹuːvd/.

Words near approved in the dictionary

  1. approval voting
  2. approvals
  3. approvance
  4. approvaunce
  5. approve
  6. approved
  7. approved school
  8. approved schools
  9. approvedly
  10. approvedness
  11. approvedst

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Adapted from Wiktionary: approved (page history and authors); approved (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); approved (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); approved (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); approved (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); approved (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); approved (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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