verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
strongly
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I believe my father strongly disapproves of Uncle Adam or whatever businesses he runs.
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Gay marriage has emerged as an explosive social issue, with polls indicating that most voters strongly disapprove of it.
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I strongly disapprove of needless bloodshed, be the blood flowing from human veins or otherwise.
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Bob strongly disapproved of drinking and driving.
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Naturally, if some one has a characteristic you strongly disapprove of you will rate them as being more favourable and vice-versa.
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Tracey would strongly disapprove if he knew whom she was calling.
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People often strongly disapprove of others who behave in unusual ways.
■ NOUN
way
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Others were pro-reform but disapproved of the way the reforms were currently being implemented.
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Fifty-two percent of the overall sample of voters said they disapprove of the way Clinton is doing his job.
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He liked Eden, and he found it easy to disapprove of the way in which Chamberlain had handled relations with him.
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Suddenly, behind the disapproving odor, way way back behind it, she smelled another thing.
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Her working-class male counterpart is not usually ridiculed or disapproved of in this way , as some one whose language is inappropriate.
■ VERB
approve
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Compare the people with one another and identify what they have in common, and what you approve and disapprove of.
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The underwriter led the team and was charged with full authority to approve or disapprove applications.
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You decide whether you approve or disapprove , whether you like or dislike, whether you trust or distrust.
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And the Senate can only approve or disapprove the agreement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A lot of church leaders disapproved of the book when it was first published.
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I could tell from my mother's face that she disapproved.
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I strongly disapprove of any form of gambling.
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My friends disapprove of me smoking.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it was obvious that they had disapproved of her and given up on her a long time before Bill had.
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Emma was accustomed to these tribulations of child-rearing, but never had she seen her husband Rupert so short-tempered and disapproving.
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Most fundamentalist churches disapprove of homosexuals, and many leaders of the religious right have aggressively campaigned against gay rights.
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That, she knew full well, she could do nothing about, although she disapproved of the whole set-up.
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You do not even disapprove , very much, of the way I came to bed with you.