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sanctioned

verb
SaySANGK-shuhnd/ˈsæŋkʃənd/

1 meaning of sanctioned

Practice

  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of sanction. Use this form for something that already happened.

    The school sanctioned the class trip last week.

    The new safety rules were sanctioned by the city last year.

    Note

sanctioned is a form of sanction

sanction, verb: To give official permission or approval for something. 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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