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licenced

licenced

3.4
Official permission from a government or other authority to do a job, for example as an electrician
  • adjective
  • /ˈlaɪsənst/
  • UK
translation icon : licenciado
  • To practice medicine in this state, you must be a licensed medical professional.

Then Blue Chews licensed medical providers will work with you to find the right ingredient and strength for your prescription.

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Examples

  • Better Help will assess your needs and match you with your own licensed professional therapist.

  • Well, you can discuss that with one of the licensed physicians.

  • They they've made quite a few like licensed games.

  • Stan is a psychotherapist and licensed his entire life in Czechoslovakia.

  • She hired a licensed contractor to renovate her home, ensuring all work was done legally.

  • Only licensed drivers are allowed to operate a vehicle on the highway.

Synonyms

authorized
vslicenced
1 3.6

Having official permission to do something

stresses authorization by a recognized authority rather than general approval
accredited
vslicenced
  • Formal
1 4.4

Officially recognized as meeting standards to do a job

covers permission to act but not necessarily formal role recognition
licensed
vslicenced
3.5

Allowed by an official group to do a certain job

has identical meaning but is a different written form
sanctioned
vslicenced
  • Formal
4.1

Officially allowed by people in charge

refers to permission more broadly without specifying rule approval
certificated
vslicenced
4.9

A person who has an official paper that shows they are allowed to do a job

means general authorization rather than only certificate proof

Antonyms

27 4.2

Does not have official permission to do something

How Authorized

certified
4 4.0
authorized
1 3.6
licenced
  • UK
3.4
unauthorized
  • US
110 4.5

Surface Forms

licenced positive
licensed positive

Morphology

licenced = license (transparent) = license + ed

Formed by regular suffixation of -ed to the verb 'license' to indicate past participle/adjectival meaning; spelling with 'c' in 'licenced' is a regional orthographic variant.

Etymology

The word licenced comes from the Latin word licentia, which means 'permission', and from the verb licere, 'to be allowed'. So, a licenced person has official 'permission' from an authority to do something.