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authorized

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɔθəɹaɪzd/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑθəɹaɪzd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːθəɹaɪzd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 TH ER0 AY2 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Explicitly allowed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • authorized access
  • authorized clothes
  • authorized decision
  • authorized hunting
  • authorized payment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of authorize

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

endowed with authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: authorised

Antonyms: unauthorized

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

sanctioned by established authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an authoritative communique
  • the authorized biography

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: authoritative, authorised

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: autoritzat — explicitly allowed
  • Czech: povolený — explicitly allowed
  • Finnish: auktorisoitu — explicitly allowed
  • French: autorisé — explicitly allowed
  • Galician: autorizado — explicitly allowed
  • German: autorisiert — explicitly allowed
  • Hindi: अधिकृत (adhikŕt) — explicitly allowed
  • Hindi: प्राधिकृत (prādhikŕt) — explicitly allowed
  • Hindi: अनुज्ञप्त (anujñapt) — explicitly allowed
  • Malayalam: അംഗീകൃത (aṅgīkr̥ta) — explicitly allowed
  • Portuguese: autorizado — explicitly allowed
  • Spanish: autorizado — explicitly allowed
Real reading context

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