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(Entry 1 of 2)
expressing approval
- the play did not receive a single approving notice
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approving
verbpresent participle of approve
Synonyms & Antonyms of approving (Entry 2 of 2)
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
- as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site
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The first known use of approving was in 1646
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