Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“approves” is a form of

approve

/əˈpɹuːv/ verb

Forms approves approving approved approvest approvedst approveth approven

  1. verb (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. “Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.”
  2. verb (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. “We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.”
  3. verb (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  4. verb (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. “Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.”
  5. verb (archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
  6. verb (transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Synonyms

cheer agree with approbate back support think much of O.K. okay sanction

Antonyms

contradict disapprove oppose

Etymology

From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.

From Middle English approuen, approven, from Old French aprouer; a- + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in Latin prōsum (“be useful or profitable”). Compare with improve.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
  2. verb To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  3. verb To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Etymology [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.]

Etymology [OF. aprouer; (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “approve”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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