English-Dutch translations for approve

goedkeuren
Wij kunnen ze niet alle goedkeuren. We cannot approve all of them. We moeten uw Commissie dus wel goedkeuren. How could we possibly not approve? Mijn fractie zal ze goedkeuren. My group will approve the resolution.
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billijkenWat ik vooral niet kan billijken is dat met Europese onderzoeksgelden iets wordt gestimuleerd wat in een aantal van de vijftien lidstaten verboden is. Most of all, I cannot approve of European research funds being used to promote something which, in many of the fifteen Member States, is illegal.
goedvindenAan de vrijheden wordt steeds meer afbreuk gedaan, en mensen staan onder steeds sterkere politiecontrole, en dat met goedvinden van de rechterlijke macht. Freedoms are increasingly restricted and subject to the tightest control by the police authorities, which are approved by the judicial authorities.
instemmen metWij hopen dat het Parlement zal instemmen met ons voorstel. We hope this proposal will be approved. Daarom kan ik niet instemmen met deze verlagingen. For this reason, I cannot approve these cuts. Wij zullen dan ook zeer gaarne instemmen met het verslag van de heer Wiersma. On that basis we are happy to approve Mr Wiersma's report.
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toestemmen
Dan ben ik benieuwd met hoeveel enthousiasme de SPE-fractie hierin zal toestemmen. I wonder how enthusiastically the PSE Group will then approve it.

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically
To consider worthy ; to be pleased ; to accept
To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor

Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial
We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision
Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl

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