approvable

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adjective

Able to be confirmed or approved.

OriginEnglish approve ← Middle English aproven ← Old French aprover →
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Meanings

adjectiveapprovable (comparative more approvable, superlative most approvable)

comparative more approvable · superlative most approvable

  1. Able to be confirmed or approved.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*probʰHwós
  11. Proto-Italic*proβwos
  12. Proto-Italic*proβos
  13. Proto-Italic*proβāō
  14. Latinprobō
  15. Latinapprobāre
  16. Old Frenchaprover
  17. Middle Englishaproven
  18. Englishapprove
  19. Englishapprovable

From approve + -able.

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Translations

Italian approvabile
  • approvabileable of being approved
Portuguese aprovável
  • aprovávelable of being approved
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “approvable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approvable.

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