Approve and Finalize

Approve

Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Usage example: as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site

Finalize and approve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Finalize" instead a verb "Approve".

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Finalize

Finalize verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Usage example: the bank won't finalize the loan before Tuesday because of the holiday

Approve and finalize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approve" instead a verb "Finalize".

Common collocations

change approve change finalize change
idea approve idea finalize idea
order approve order finalize order
relationship approve relationship finalize relationship
Other words: deal, plan, creation.
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