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to authorize
01
to officially give permission for a specific action, process, etc.
Transitive: to authorize an action or process
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
authorize
3rd person singular
authorizes
Past simple
authorized
Past participle
authorized
Examples
The manager will authorize the contract by signing it, giving official approval for the business deal.
02
to give official permission or approval for someone to do something
Ditransitive: to authorize sb to do sth
Examples
System administrators can authorize users to access specific software or databases by granting them permission.
Lexical Tree
authorized
authorizer
authorize
authority
