stated

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of state.

   The report stated its findings in plain language.

   All the terms were clearly stated in the agreement.

   Note

   One regular -ed spelling serves both jobs: the past tense in "the report stated its findings," the participle after have or be in "the terms were clearly stated." Because the verb is transitive (declaring something a fact or making it known), the passive is common, and there the participle drifts toward the "expressed in words" adjective: a stated aim is simply one put into words.

2. 2
   adjective

   Expressed in a statement, whether spoken aloud or set down in writing.

   The stated terms of the contract left no room for confusion.

   His stated intentions and his actual behavior did not match.

   Similardeclared, explicit, expressed, specified, avowed

   Oppositeunstated, implicit, implied, tacit

   Note

   Said outright, as opposed to merely understood. The word often sets up a contrast between what is declared and what is done. A 2015 Indian Defence Review piece sets "our stated policy of nonalignment" against what happens "in reality." It does not take degrees: a thing is stated or it is not, so there is no more stated or most stated.

3. 3
   adjective

   Settled, established, or fixed in advance.

   The committee must operate within its stated limits.

   Payment had to be made in full by the stated deadline.

   Similarfixed, set, specified, established, prescribed

   Note

   Here the weight falls on fixing rather than saying: a stated limit or deadline is one settled beforehand. Addison and Steele, writing in 1714, describe a man who "had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep." It sits close to the "recurring" meaning, but the two differ. This sense marks a set point, and the other marks a pattern that repeats.

4. 4
   adjective

   Occurring at regular, fixed times rather than every so often.

   The society convenes at stated intervals throughout the year.

   Trains depart at stated hours rather than whenever they fill up.

   Similarregular, fixed, set, scheduled, appointed

   Oppositeirregular, occasional, random

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