sanctioned
- 1Simple past and past participle of sanction.
The committee sanctioned the merger after months of careful review.
The country was sanctioned for violating the terms of the trade agreement.
Note
One spelling points two opposite ways, because the verb behind it can either approve or punish. A sanctioned merger or practice has official authorization; a sanctioned state has been penalized. The object usually settles which is meant. An action, arrangement or agreement is ratified or approved, while a country or other party is the one made to pay. When the object is ambiguous, rephrase with 'approved' or 'penalized'.
sanctioned is a form of sanction
sanction, verb: To give official authorization or approval to something; to formally permit it. Full entry
- Forms
- sanctionsanctions he/she/itsanctioning -ing formsanctioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- sanction → sanctioned: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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