how to pronounce approval

/əpˈɹuvəl/

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approval is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of approval in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to align byline approval by delegates …”

meaning of approval

Approval is the act of giving approval to something.

approval frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word approval occurs in english on average 16.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics approval can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that approval can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;