authority
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3.1
- noun
- /əˈθɔrɪti/
- The school principal has the authority to approve any changes to the curriculum.
- be given authority
- grant authority
- obtain authority
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Watch on YouTubeI don't have the authority to do that.
- I don't have the authority to do that.
- And he gave them the sole authority to make this show.
- The first draft of the constitution did not have the authority of the guardian juries.
- But when caught up with the lives of everybody else, I'm giving people the authority to answer that question for me.
- We give authority through our laws to industrial fishers to take them by the ton.
- It really is a grant of authority is is trying to push a string.
- You're going to give them authority.
- So the free option, yeah, you may not have heard of it, but there's a thing called a voter authority certificate.
- So just like parents can take the authority to baptize a child by the parents authority, the baby gets baptized.
- The world is so much bigger than your culture or community and they don't speak on your behalf without your soul's authority.
Examples
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The EPA has the authority to start making life very difficult for these folks.
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We have no authority to ban singing in our country.
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Under what authority did they put the King on trial?
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And I think that that we should probably give them the authority to do that job.
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There is no higher authority to which such people can appeal for help.
Academic text (2011) -
You have the authority, the moral authority to make certain comments.
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Get someone with the authority to open this gate.
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The government gave me the authority.
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Does the office have the authority to speak on behalf of the university?
Academic text (2011) -
I don't have the authority to do that.
Synonyms
842
1.0
Official approval that lets you do something
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1.6
Official permission to do something from a person or group in charge
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2.1
An official paper that lets someone do something
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3.2
Permission for something to happen, often given in writing
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4.4
Official permission to do something
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5.6
Permission that a person in charge gives to do something
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5.7
Official permission from an authority to do something
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3.4
Official permission to do something
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2.0
Permission from someone in charge to go ahead
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.5
A person or group that has power over people's daily life, not the military
- Formal
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5.3
An official group that makes rules and makes sure businesses follow them to protect people
- Formal
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6.7
A government group that plans and manages rebuilding of run-down parts of a city
A body that governs parts of the West Bank and Gaza with limited power under agreements with Israel
How Permitted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Authority comes from the Latin auctor 'creator' or 'maker', a person who could give approval. So authority can mean the official permission or approval you need to do something.