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licensed

licensed

153 3.5
Allowed by an official group to do a certain job
  • adjective
  • /ˈlaɪsənst/
: licenciado
  • Mary Jean Balner is a licensed massage therapist.

And listen, I, I have licensed contracting staff.

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Examples

  • It's a way to have contact with a counselor, licensed professional therapist.

  • They will assess your needs and match you with a licensed professional therapist.

  • Not an officially licensed Apple product, but cute.

  • So I also became a licensed contractor and a licensed lender.

  • And in, in, in London, you have the black cabs and they're like licensed, OK cab drivers.

  • Mary Jean Balner is a licensed massage therapist.

  • They will assess your needs and match you with a licensed professional therapist.

  • So I also became a licensed contractor and a licensed lender.

Synonyms

authorized
vslicensed
123 3.6

Having official permission to do something

emphasizes formal permission for a specified activity or role
sanctioned
vslicensed
  • Formal
44 4.1

Officially allowed by people in charge

focuses on direct permission rather than rule-based approval
accredited
vslicensed
  • Formal
23 4.4

Officially recognized as meeting standards to do a job

refers to permission from authority rather than institutional recognition
credentialed
vslicensed
9 6.1

Having official papers that show you are allowed to do a job or enter a place

means formal permission to act rather than mere possession of qualifications
licenced
vslicensed
  • UK
1 3.4

Official permission from a government or other authority to do a job, for example as an electrician

is the same meaning but uses the other common spelling

Antonyms

27 4.2

Does not have official permission to do something

Compounds

1 3.5

A trained health worker allowed by the state to give basic medical care under a doctor or senior medical worker

How Authorized

accredited
  • Formal
23 4.4
certified
159 4.0
authorized
123 3.6
licensed
153 3.5
permissible
34 4.1

Surface Forms

licensed positive

Morphology

licensed = license (transparent) = license + ed

Standard adjectival use of the past participle of 'license' meaning 'having been granted official permission'; meaning follows regular English morphology.

Etymology

Licensed comes from the Latin root licere, which means 'to be allowed' or 'have permission'. So to be licensed is to have official permission or a right to do a certain job or activity.