AUTHORIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does authorized mean? 

• AUTHORIZED (adjective)
  The adjective AUTHORIZED has 2 senses:

1. endowed with authority

2. sanctioned by established authority

  Familiarity information: AUTHORIZED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTHORIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Endowed with authority

Synonyms:

authorised; authorized

Similar:

accredited; commissioned; licenced; licensed (given official approval to act)

approved; sanctioned (established by authority; given authoritative approval)

canonised; canonized; glorified (accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing)

empowered; sceptered; sceptred (invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter)

Also:

lawful (conformable to or allowed by law)

legitimate (of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful)

official (having official authority or sanction)

Attribute:

authorisation; authorization; mandate (a document giving an official instruction or command)

Antonym:

unauthorized (not endowed with authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sanctioned by established authority

Synonyms:

authorised; authoritative; authorized

Context example:

the authorized biography

Similar:

official (having official authority or sanction)

 Context examples 

A person licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer healthcare in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.

(Health Care Provider, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An individual who is authorized under applicable State or local law to consent on behalf of a child or incapable person to general medical care including participation in clinical research.

(Guardian, NCI Thesaurus)

The representative of a labeler company who is the authorized channel for communication between the company and the FDA.

(Labeler Regulatory Contact for FDA, NCI Thesaurus)

Currently authorized under 42 U.S. Code 284 (c)(3), Section 405(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.

(NCI Special Emphasis Panel, NCI Thesaurus)

The completed action in which an authorized party at a designated study site dispenses or receives a study agent to/from a study subject.

(Performed Study Agent Transfer, NCI Thesaurus)

Miss Bennet was therefore established as a sweet girl, and their brother felt authorized by such commendation to think of her as he chose.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Routine: administrative changes, e.g., change of address, authorized official, or meeting requests.

(Correspondence, Food and Drug Administration)

Specifies whether a person has authorized the use and disclosure of their private and/or confidential information.

(Confidentiality Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

Registered nurses who have not achieved CCRN certification status or whose CCRN status has lapsed are not authorized to use the CCRN credential.

(Certification in Critical Care Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted, as I am authorized to tease you on this subject whenever we meet, and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)