approvals
Sayuh-PROO-vuhlzUS/əˈpɹuvəlz/UK/əˈpɹuːvəlz/
- 1Plural of approval.
The merger required regulatory approvals from three different countries.
All the necessary approvals were obtained before construction began.
Note
The plural belongs to the countable side of approval: separate grants of permission, each one issued, counted and obtained. Approval as general favor or encouragement stays uncountable, so you win someone's approval, not their approvals. Collectors meet the plural in another use, where approvals are the items a seller mails out for the collector to keep or send back.
approvals is a form of approval
approval, noun: Permission to do or have something, or an indication that a proposal or person meets the required standard. Full entry
- Forms
- approvalapprovals plural
- Spelling
- approval → approvals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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