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authorized

US/ˈɔθəɹaɪzd/

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authorized adjective: explicitly allowed. Also the simple past and past participle of authorize.

Adjective

authorized (not comparable)

  1. Explicitly allowed.
    • authorized access
    • authorized clothes
    Synonyms:
    permitted, allowed

Also used as

authorized is also the simple past and past participle of authorize.

authorized meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

authorized in Hindi

explicitly allowed
अधिकृत adhikŕt, प्राधिकृत prādhikŕt, अनुज्ञप्त anujñapt

authorized in Urdu

مجاز, اختیار شدہ

authorized in Telugu

అధికారం పొందింది

authorized in Malayalam

explicitly allowed
അംഗീകൃത aṅgīkr̥ta
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authorized in Punjabi
ਅਧਿਕਾਰਿਤ
authorized in Gujarati
અધિકૃત
authorized in Odia
ଅଧିକୃତ
authorized in Nepali
प्राधिकृत

Examples of authorized in a sentence

  • The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
  • At the time of war the President is authorized by law to induct persons into the armed forces involuntarily.
  • The executive imprudently authorized the capital reallocation without conducting a due diligence audit, thereby exposing the firm to significant fiduciary risk.

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Synonyms of authorized

Antonyms

Forms of authorized

alternative formauthorised

Words formed from authorized

Phrases with authorized

Questions about authorized

What does authorized mean?
Authorized means explicitly allowed.
What is authorized in Hindi?
Authorized in Hindi is अधिकृत (adhikŕt), प्राधिकृत (prādhikŕt), अनुज्ञप्त (anujñapt). See Authorized meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is authorized?
Authorized is an adjective.
How do you pronounce authorized?
Authorized is pronounced /ˈɔθəɹaɪzd/ (US).

Words near authorized in the dictionary

  1. authorizates
  2. authorizating
  3. authorization
  4. authorizations
  5. authorize
  6. authorized
  7. authorized term
  8. authorized terms
  9. Authorized Version
  10. authorizedly
  11. authorizer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: authorized (page history and authors); authorized (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); authorized (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); authorized (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); authorized (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); authorized (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); authorized (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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