What part of speech is approved?

Approved can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. approved is a verb, past participle of approve (infinitive).
  • 2. approved is a verb, past simple of approve (infinitive).
  • 3. approved is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • approved 
    more approved
    most approved
  • Positive: approved 
  • Comparative: more approved
  • Superlative: most approved

What does approved mean?

Definitions

Adjective
approved - established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates"

Verb
approve - give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
approve - judge to be right or commendable; think well of
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Examples of approved

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1. adj. A list of approved candidates.
2. adj. Let's begin with capitalism, a word that has gone largely out of fashion. The approved reference now is to the market system. This shift minimizes — indeed, deletes — the role of wealth in the economic and social system. And it sheds the adverse connotation going back to Marx. Instead of the owners of capital or their attendants in control, we have the admirably impersonal role of market forces. It would be hard to think of a change in terminology more in the interest of those to whom money accords power.
3. verb To that regards, I noticed I was not approved to sell naked calls.
4. verb Cullen and Dykman (attorneys for Boston Gas Company) approved all of our changes on the agreement to release the Tenn and Iroq space back to Boston Gas.
5. verb Kenneth Lay has approved the attached expense report for Cindy Olson.
6. verb Jurisdictions which are are approved to trade credit derivatives: Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K, and the U.S..
7. verb Jurisdictions which are not approved to trade credit derivatives include: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, and The Netherlands.
8. verb For banks incorporated in a non-approved jurisdiction, it may be possible for them to trade out of a branch located in an approved jurisdiction (i.e. U.S. and U.K. branches).
9. verb click on the "+" for "Awaiting Approval" (OR "Partially Approved").
10. verb The draft you received has been approved by Dan.
11. verb As these guidelines need to be approved by Houston, I am copying this to Mark, Alan and Jeff.
12. verb * Offers a 7.5 cent/dth rate to large customers while minimizing rate changes to other customers, minimizing the incentive for these customers to seek to bypass local transmission charges and other CPUC-approved charges. *
13. verb (From time PA approved and funded to in-service will be 75 days at most.
14. verb On September 21, 2004, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $16.379 billion in funding for NASA for fiscal year 2005.
15. verb The committee voted to give NASA $16.4 billion in 2005, about $200 million more than what the President requested and over $1 billion more than what House appropriators approved in July."
16. verb $0 - Amount approved by George Bush to hire more INS special agents.
17. verb Percentage of Americans who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president on 26 September 2001.
Sentence  
adj.
A list of approved candidates.
Let's begin with capitalism, a word that has gone largely out of fashion. The approved reference now is to the market system. This shift minimizes — indeed, deletes — the role of wealth in the economic and social system. And it sheds the adverse connotation going back to Marx. Instead of the owners of capital or their attendants in control, we have the admirably impersonal role of market forces. It would be hard to think of a change in terminology more in the interest of those to whom money accords power.
verb
To that regards, I noticed I was not approved to sell naked calls.
Cullen and Dykman (attorneys for Boston Gas Company) approved all of our changes on the agreement to release the Tenn and Iroq space back to Boston Gas.
Kenneth Lay has approved the attached expense report for Cindy Olson.
Jurisdictions which are are approved to trade credit derivatives: Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K, and the U.S..
Jurisdictions which are not approved to trade credit derivatives include: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, and The Netherlands.
For banks incorporated in a non-approved jurisdiction, it may be possible for them to trade out of a branch located in an approved jurisdiction (i.e. U.S. and U.K. branches).
click on the "+" for "Awaiting Approval" (OR "Partially Approved").
The draft you received has been approved by Dan.
As these guidelines need to be approved by Houston, I am copying this to Mark, Alan and Jeff.
* Offers a 7.5 cent/dth rate to large customers while minimizing rate changes to other customers, minimizing the incentive for these customers to seek to bypass local transmission charges and other CPUC-approved charges. *
(From time PA approved and funded to in-service will be 75 days at most.
On September 21, 2004, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $16.379 billion in funding for NASA for fiscal year 2005.
The committee voted to give NASA $16.4 billion in 2005, about $200 million more than what the President requested and over $1 billion more than what House appropriators approved in July."
$0 - Amount approved by George Bush to hire more INS special agents.
Percentage of Americans who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president on 26 September 2001.
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