authorized
認可された
解説 Definition
authorized は authorize（認可する、権限を与える）の過去形・過去分詞からできた形容詞です。「認可された」「権限を与えられた」という意味で、正式な許可を受けている人や物に使います。
Authorized describes a person, action, service, or object that has received official permission or power from a person or organization entitled to grant it. It often marks restricted access or formally approved status.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
authorized は authorize「正式に許可する、権限を与える」の過去分詞が形容詞化した語。語末の -ize が /z/ で終わるため -ed は /d/ と発音する。「authorized workers／dealer／access」のように、権限ある機関から正式な許可を受けた人・店・利用と結びつけて覚える。
Start with authorize, meaning “give official permission or power,” and recognize authorized as its past-participle adjective. The ending -ed is pronounced /d/ because authorize ends with the voiced sound /z/. Link the word to an authority that grants permission: an authorized worker may operate a machine, an authorized dealer may sell or repair a product, and authorized access is officially allowed. This is stronger and more formal than merely acceptable or informally permitted. If no qualified person or organization has granted approval, authorized is usually not the right description.
例文
Only authorized workers can use this machine.
この機械を使えるのは認可された作業員だけです。
This is an authorized repair shop.
ここは認可された修理店です。
Please show your authorized pass at the gate.
門で認可された通行証を見せてください。
authorized の類義語・関連語
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authorized の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 auctor（創始者・権威者）から派生した authorize の過去分詞形。aug-（増やす）が語根で、「権威を増し与える」が原義。関連語：author（著者）、authority（権威）。「著者＝権威ある人が認めた」と覚えると意味がつかみやすい。
Authorized is the past tense and past participle of authorize, used here as an adjective. Authorize entered English through French and Medieval Latin forms based on Latin auctor, meaning an originator, promoter, or person who gives reliable support. Auctor is related to augere, “to increase or promote,” and is also the source behind author and authority. The suffix -ize forms the verb “give authority to,” while -ed marks the completed or resulting state of having received that authority.
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