» licensed
Adjective (1 meaning)
1. given official approval to act.
Examples:
- “an accredited college”,
- “commissioned broker”,
- “licensed pharmacist”,
- “authorized representative”
licensed is similar to:
- authorized, authorised (adjective) - endowed with authority
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Noun (4 meanings)
license is a type of:
- legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (noun) - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
types of license:
- building permit (noun) - a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot
- driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence (noun) - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
- fishing license, fishing licence, fishing permit (noun) - a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time
- hunting license, hunting licence, hunting permit, game license (noun) - a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time
- learner's permit (noun) - a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile
- letter of marque, letters of marque, letter of mark and reprisal (noun) - a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
- liquor license, liquor licence (noun) - a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages
- marriage license, marriage licence, wedding license, wedding licence (noun) - a license authorizing two people to marry
- occupation license, occupation licence (noun) - a license to pursue a particular occupation
- pass, liberty chit (noun) - a permit to enter or leave a military installation
license is derivationally related to:
- to allow, permit, tolerate (verb) - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
- to license, licence, certify (verb) - authorize officially
- to permit, allow, let, countenance (verb) - consent to, give permission
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- law, jurisprudence (noun) - the collection of rules imposed by authority
2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
license is a type of:
- liberty (noun) - freedom of choice
types of license:
- poetic license (noun) - license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
license is derivationally related to:
3. excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke.
license is a type of:
- liberty (noun) - freedom of choice
license is derivationally related to:
- licentious (adjective) - lacking moral discipline
4. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
license is a type of:
- authorization, authorisation, empowerment (noun) - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
types of license:
- allowance (noun) - the act of allowing
- clearance (noun) - permission to proceed
- conge, congee (noun) - formal permission to depart
- dispensation (noun) - an exemption from some rule or obligation
- toleration (noun) - official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
license is derivationally related to:
Verb (1 meaning)
Example:
- “I am licensed to practice law in this state”
to license is the opposite of:
- to decertify, derecognize, derecognise (verb) - cause to be no longer approved or accepted
to license is a way to:
ways to license:
- to accredit, recognize, recognise (verb) - grant credentials to
- to charter (verb) - grant a charter to
- to franchise (verb) - grant a franchise to
to license is derivationally related to:
- authentication, certification (noun) - validating the authenticity of something or someone
- certificate, certification, credential, credentials (noun) - a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- certification, enfranchisement (noun) - the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
- certificatory (adjective) - serving to certify or endorse authoritatively
- license, permission, permit (noun) - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- license, licence, permit (noun) - a legal document giving official permission to do something
- license, licence (noun) - freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- licensee (noun) - someone to whom a license is granted
- licenser (noun) - an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)