odobriti

Odobriti is a verb used in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian to denote granting formal approval, authorization, or consent for a proposal, decision, request, or action. It is typically used in administrative, legal, governmental, corporate, and organizational contexts, and denotes that something has been evaluated and endorsed.

Etymology and related terms: Odobriti is formed as a standard Slavic verb and has related nouns such as odobrenje (approval, consent) and odobravanje (the act of approving). The past participle odobren is used in compound tenses to indicate that something has been approved, e.g., Dogovor je odobren.

Usage and examples: In practice, odobriti governs objects like zahtjev (request), plan, projekt, or budžet. Examples include: Vlada je odobrila novi zakon. / Organizacija je odobrila budžet za projekt. In formal contexts, odobriti is often preferred over more informal phrases that mean “to green-light” or “to accept.”

Grammatical notes: Odobriti is a transitive verb and can take a direct object, usually a thing that requires approval. It has imperfective and perfective aspects, used to describe ongoing approval or a completed act. The passive form biti odobren is used to say that someone or something has been approved, as in “Dostava je odobrena.”