Authorized and Supported

Authorized

Authorized adjective - Ordered or allowed by those in authority.
Usage example: an authorized biography of the former president

Supported and authorized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supported" instead the word "Authorized" as an adjective or a verb.

Supported

Supported adjective - Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.

Authorized and supported are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authorized" instead the word "Supported" as an adjective or a verb.

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / 20th Century Fox The making and authorized distribution of this film supported over 14,000 American jobs and involved over 600,000 work hours.One of the big six movie studios, formed in 1935 after a merger of William Fox's Fox Film Corp.
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