LICENSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does licensed mean? 

• LICENSED (adjective)
  The adjective LICENSED has 1 sense:

1. given official approval to act

  Familiarity information: LICENSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LICENSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Given official approval to act

Synonyms:

accredited; commissioned; licenced; licensed

Context example:

authorized representative

Similar:

authorised; authorized (endowed with authority)

 Context examples 

The reduction process performed at licensed facilities to manufacture animal feeds.

(Feed Milling, NCI Thesaurus)

Persons who provides health care as part of their job responsibilities: or a person or organization who is licensed to supply health care.

(Health Care Provider, NCI Thesaurus)

A licensed person or organization that provides healthcare services.

(Health Care Provider, NCI Dictionary)

Crawford called the next day, and on the score of Edmund's return, Sir Thomas felt himself more than licensed to ask him to stay dinner; it was really a necessary compliment.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The FNP typically works collaboratively with family primary care physicians and other professionals within the health care system, and is licensed to practice by a state authority.

(Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

Efficacy supplements may only be submitted once the original-application has been approved/licensed.

(Efficacy Supplement, Food and Drug Administration)

The cycling of CDK activity in the cell cycle regulates the two states of replication origins, the licensed state in G1-phase and the unlicensed state for the rest of the cell cycle.

(CDK Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A company licensed to discover, develop, market and distribute drugs.

(Drug Company, NCI Thesaurus)

A few who are licensed to prescribe may recommend pharmaceuticals in those cases where they feel their use is warranted.

(Naturopathy Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Recently licensed for screening of bladder cancer recurrence by urine test.

(ImmunoCyt, NCI Thesaurus)