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authorize

verbcandidate·updated May 11, 2026

To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
authorise
pasttense
authorized
presentparticiple
authorizing
thirdpersonsingular
authorizes
pastparticiple
authorized