licensed

Meaning of licensed

adjective
  1. having an official licence.
    a licensed taxi operator
verb, past tense
  1. grant a licence to.
    a pub has to be licensed by the local justices
    he ought not to have been licensed to fly a plane

late Middle English: from licence. The spelling -se arose by analogy with pairs such as practice, practise .

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Hyphenation of licensed

li-censed

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • licensed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

licensed synonyms

Meaning accredited:

accredited, commissioned, licenced

Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:

permit

Meaning let (someone) have or do something:

allow

Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):

authorize

Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):

warrant

Meaning officially recognize as possessing certain qualifications or meeting certain standards:

certify

Meaning (of an official body) give authority or sanction to (someone or something) when recognized standards have been met:

accredit

Meaning give (someone) the authority or power to do something:

empower

Meaning give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something:

entitle

Meaning give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for:

enable

Meaning make or declare legally valid:

validate

Meaning grant a charter to (a city, company, university, or other body):

charter

Meaning grant a franchise to (an individual or group):

franchise

Meaning not prevent or forbid; allow:

let

Meaning identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again:

recognize

Meaning officially recognize or establish (someone) as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity:

qualify

Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):

sanction

Meaning give approval to:

OK

licensed antonyms

Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):

ban

Meaning refuse to allow (something):

forbid

Anagrams of licensed

declines, silenced

Words that rhyme with licensed

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