authorized
English
Alternative forms
- authorised (non-Oxford British English)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔθəɹaɪzd/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑθəɹaɪzd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːθəɹaɪzd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
authorized (not comparable)
- Explicitly allowed.
- authorized access
- authorized clothes
- authorized decision
- authorized hunting
- authorized payment
Synonyms
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
- approved (in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
explicitly allowed
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Verb
authorized
- simple past and past participle of authorize
Further reading
- “authorized”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- authorize in Britannica Dictionary
- authorized, authorised at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.