Definition of "stated"

stated

/ˈsteɪtɪd/

verb
1. simple past and past participle of state
adjective
not comparable
1. Expressed in a statement; uttered or written.
  Quotations
  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.
  2015, Indian Defence Review (volume 30.3)
2. Settled; established; fixed.
  Quotations
  […] 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 […]
  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
3. Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.