how to pronounce approve

/əˈpɹuːv/

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approve is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of approve in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… not like sick i approve like sick but as …”

meaning of approve

Approve means to give official permission for something to happen.

approve frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word approve occurs in english on average 10.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics approve 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 approve can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;