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authority
[ uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor- ]
noun
- the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
Synonyms: persuasion, sway, power, rule
- a power or right delegated or given; authorization:
Who has the authority to grant permission?
- a person or body of persons in whom authority is vested, as a governmental agency:
The housing authority provides rental assistance payments to low-income residents.
The bridges and piers are built and maintained by the Port Authority.
- Usually authorities. persons having the legal power to make and enforce the law; government:
They finally persuaded the authorities that they were not involved in espionage.
- an accepted source of information, advice, etc.:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the leading authority on vaccines and immunizations.
- a quotation or citation from such a source.
- an expert on a subject:
He is an authority on baseball.
- persuasive force; cogency:
She spoke with authority.
- a statute, court rule, or judicial decision that establishes a rule or principle of law; a ruling.
- right to respect or acceptance of one's word, command, thought, etc.; commanding influence:
the authority of a parent;
the authority of a great writer.
- mastery in execution or performance, as of a work of art or literature or a piece of music.
- a warrant for action; justification.
- testimony; witness.
authority
/ ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ /
noun
- the power or right to control, judge, or prohibit the actions of others
- often plural a person or group of people having this power, such as a government, police force, etc
- a position that commands such a power or right (often in the phrase in authority )
- such a power or right delegated, esp from one person to another; authorization
she has his authority
- the ability to influence or control others
a man of authority
- an expert or an authoritative written work in a particular field
he is an authority on Ming china
- evidence or testimony
we have it on his authority that she is dead
- confidence resulting from great expertise
the violinist lacked authority in his cadenza
- capital when part of a name a public board or corporation exercising governmental authority in administering some enterprise
Independent Broadcasting Authority
- law
- a judicial decision, statute, or rule of law that establishes a principle; precedent
- legal permission granted to a person to perform a specified act
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- an·ti·au·thor·i·ty adjective
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