stated

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: stat‧ed

stated

1. simple past and past participle of state

stated (not comparable)

1. Expressed in a statement; uttered or written.
   • 2015, Indian Defence Review (volume 30.3)

     Our stated policy of nonalignment has kept us out of any military alliance such as NATO and Warsaw Pact. However, in reality, we have had to concede ground to nations from which we import military hardware.

2. Settled; established; fixed.
   • 1714 August 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, August 4, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 576; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     […] he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […]

     The spelling has been modernized.

3. Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.

   stated preaching

   stated business hours

• destat, tasted