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/əˈpruːvər/
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/əˈpruːvər/
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/əˈpruːvər/
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/əˈpruːvər/
Plural
approvers
An approver is a person who has the official authority to review and formally agree to something — like a request, document, expense, or workflow step — making it valid or allowing it to move forward. Think of them as the 'green light giver' in business processes: without their yes, things often stop dead.
All purchase orders over $1,000 require approval from the department head as the designated approver.
She was listed as the approver for the software license renewal in the company's access management system.
The finance team waited for the CFO's signature, since he is the final approver for capital expenditures.
If your manager is unavailable, the system automatically routes the request to the backup approver.
Every change to the production database must be reviewed and signed off by at least one security approver.
prove
Comes from the Latin verb 'probare', meaning 'to test, examine, or approve'. It conveys the core idea of verifying validity, confirming correctness, or giving formal consent. Examples include prove, approve, disprove, reprove, proof, probation, probe.
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A variant of the Latin prefix 'ad-', meaning 'to' or 'toward', which assimilates before 'p' (as in 'approve', 'appoint', 'assimilate'). It indicates direction, addition, or intensification — here, 'toward' the act of proving/validating. Examples include approve, appoint, appraise, approach.