See approve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"word": "decline"
},
{
"word": "disapprove"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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},
{
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"orig": "siehe auch",
"parents": [],
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}
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"derived": [
{
"word": "approvingly"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "simple present I, you, they"
},
{
"form": "simple present approve"
},
{
"form": "he approves"
},
{
"form": "she approves"
},
{
"form": "it approves"
},
{
"form": "simple past approved"
},
{
"form": "present participle approving"
},
{
"form": "past participle approved"
}
],
"hyphenation": "ap·prove",
"lang": "Englisch",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"pos_title": "Verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "approve. Wikipedia, 24. August 2014, archiviert vom Original am 24. August 2014 abgerufen am 1. Dezember 2014 (HTML, Deutsch).",
"text": "„Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.“",
"translation": "Obwohl wir damit nicht übereinstimmen können, müssen wir dennoch das vom Kriegsgericht gefällte Urteil akzeptieren."
}
],
"glosses": [
"akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen"
],
"id": "de-approve-en-verb-9WJc1Dtz",
"sense_index": "1"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "əˈpɹuːv"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "authorize"
},
{
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "endorse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "akzeptieren"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "anerkennen"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "genehmigen"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegisch",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "godkjenne"
},
{
"lang": "Schwedisch",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "godkänna"
},
{
"lang": "Türkisch",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "gerçeklemek"
},
{
"lang": "Türkisch",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "teyit etmek"
}
],
"word": "approve"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "decline"
},
{
"word": "disapprove"
}
],
"categories": [
"Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
"Englisch",
"Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
"Verb (Englisch)",
"siehe auch"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "approvingly"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "simple present I, you, they"
},
{
"form": "simple present approve"
},
{
"form": "he approves"
},
{
"form": "she approves"
},
{
"form": "it approves"
},
{
"form": "simple past approved"
},
{
"form": "present participle approving"
},
{
"form": "past participle approved"
}
],
"hyphenation": "ap·prove",
"lang": "Englisch",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"pos_title": "Verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "approve. Wikipedia, 24. August 2014, archiviert vom Original am 24. August 2014 abgerufen am 1. Dezember 2014 (HTML, Deutsch).",
"text": "„Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.“",
"translation": "Obwohl wir damit nicht übereinstimmen können, müssen wir dennoch das vom Kriegsgericht gefällte Urteil akzeptieren."
}
],
"glosses": [
"akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen"
],
"sense_index": "1"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "əˈpɹuːv"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "authorize"
},
{
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "endorse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "akzeptieren"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "anerkennen"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "genehmigen"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegisch",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "godkjenne"
},
{
"lang": "Schwedisch",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "godkänna"
},
{
"lang": "Türkisch",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "gerçeklemek"
},
{
"lang": "Türkisch",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "akzeptieren, anerkennen, genehmigen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "teyit etmek"
}
],
"word": "approve"
}
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