What does authorized mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. authorized, authorisedadjective

    endowed with authority

  2. authoritative, authorized, authorisedadjective

    sanctioned by established authority

    "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography"

Wiktionary

  1. authorizedadjective

    Explicitly allowed.

Wikipedia

  1. authorized

    Authorization or authorisation (see spelling differences) is the function of specifying access rights/privileges to resources, which is related to general information security and computer security, and to access control in particular. More formally, "to authorize" is to define an access policy. For example, human resources staff are normally authorized to access employee records and this policy is often formalized as access control rules in a computer system. During operation, the system uses the access control rules to decide whether access requests from (authenticated) consumers shall be approved (granted) or disapproved (rejected). Resources include individual files or an item's data, computer programs, computer devices and functionality provided by computer applications. Examples of consumers are computer users, computer software and other hardware on the computer.

ChatGPT

  1. authorized

    Authorized refers to having official permission or approval to do something; being allowed or entitled to act, access, or carry out specific actions by a person in power, a governing body, or a recognized authority. It can also mean that something is established, validated, or confirmed as legitimate, genuine, or valid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Authorized

    of Authorize

  2. Authorizedadjective

    possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent

  3. Authorizedadjective

    sanctioned by authority

Wikidata

  1. Authorized

    Authorized is an Irish-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2007 Epsom Derby.

Editors Contribution

  1. authorizedverb

    Verb form of the word authorize.

    They authorized access to the system only to those employees who needed it.


    Submitted by MaryC on December 22, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of authorized in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of authorized in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of authorized in a Sentence

  1. Carrie Sauer:

    3M recommends purchasing our products only from a 3M authorized distributor. they look, they feel, they fit and they breathe like a 3M mask.

  2. Frank Ong:

    As testing capacity has continued to increase, more and more asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic individuals have undergone testing, most of whom likely have lower viral loads in their clinical samples, my best advice is to treat yourself as if you are likely infected after suspected exposure. Quarantine, wear a mask to cover both nose and mouth, and practice good hygiene practices. If you want to take extra precautions or you believe you may have been exposed, get tested for the virus using an FDA-authorized test for Covid-19.

  3. The USDA:

    It became clear to us following the GE wheat incident in Oregon that the detection of regulated GE wheat where it was not authorized, had great potential to disrupt wheat markets globally.

  4. Charlie Hill:

    I am not a cop killer. I am a freedom fighter, i am a Vietnam vet and people never ask me if I killed Vietnamese because that was authorized by the American government. I dedicated myself to liberating my people.

  5. Dan Ikenson:

    Airbus is not the only case where 'retaliation' was authorized and US tariffs went into effect.

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