authority
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4.2
- noun
- /əˈθɔrɪti/
:
autoridad
- The approach from the local authority in assessing the case has changed over time.
- moral authority
- a source of authority
- religious authority
So you're now the authority on Bitcoin and this new money.
- So you're now the authority on Bitcoin and this new money.
- Our next guest is someone who is one of the world's authority on hot sauces.
- I'd never heard anyone speak with such authority.
- Barack Obama, who also was a Democrat, who had moral authority.
- Like I, like I said, an authority magazine.
- You're teaching people an authority line that comes from the individual.
- Oprah is in the celebrity authority business.
- Add value, provide your authority, provide your intellect, help people.
- There are the generalists, the specialists, and the authority celebrities.
Examples
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So people who happen to be female have greater authority on issues to do with gender.
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I mean, you are the authority in all things here.
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I was so used to being the creative authority on set and at least have the last word.
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Every citation says, "Here is a key authority on an important point."
Academic text (2011) -
Mr. Schlossberg is one of the great authorities on how it ought to be changed.
Academic text (1990) -
Edward O. Wilson is a world authority on biodiversity and the evolution of social behavior.
Academic text (1999) -
India was a country with a traditional culture marked by deference to authority and hierarchical social arrangements.
Academic text (1999) -
Its contents established beyond doubt that the ageing prisoner was the world's foremost authority in his field.
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Peter and Paul are invested with the authority of the Church, symbolically conferred by the lily.
Academic text (1999) -
The professor is considered the leading authority on climate change in the country.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who knows a lot about a subject and can help others
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6.7
A person who often gives opinions on TV or radio about a subject
14
3.8
A reliable person or source who gives information you can trust
3
8.6
An expert who gives public advice or opinions on a subject
1
4.0
A place, website, or person you often use for trusted information
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
3
4.5
A person or group that has power over people's daily life, not the military
- Formal
3
5.3
An official group that makes rules and makes sure businesses follow them to protect people
A body that governs parts of the West Bank and Gaza with limited power under agreements with Israel
- Formal
A government group that plans and manages rebuilding of run-down parts of a city
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Authority comes from the Latin auctor meaning 'creator' or 'maker', the same root as author. So an authority on a subject is like the original source or 'creator' of knowledge, which is why people trust what they say.