authorization
102
4.4
- noun
- /ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
- Without proper authorization, you cannot sign any contracts on behalf of the company.
- authorization required
- prior authorization
- obtain authorization
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Watch on YouTubeAnd my concern is we're increasingly creeping into another war without any authorization.
- And my concern is we're increasingly creeping into another war without any authorization.
- Now blow is, in other words, for leave without authorization.
- And he said that this plane came in and it didn't have the normal authorization from the Brazilian government to come in.
- Why don't we give you a temporary authorization to work in our country and at least you can survive.
- Increased authorization for emergency EIDL grants.
- So you get all kinds of issues from just getting authorization to getting the money basically to open the school.
Examples
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I need authorization for that.
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- I had authorization.
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- We have to get authorization from the President.
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We'll be ready when authorization comes through.
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Do you have authorization cards?
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What are you doing flying at night without authorization?
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Indeed, it did not have the mandate or the authorization to do so.
Academic text (2011) -
You don't have authorization to make a written offer.
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In December 2011, the president of Fuerabamba requested authorization to carry out water studies in the area.
Academic text (2017) -
Who gave you authorization?
Synonyms
842
1.0
Official approval that lets you do something
342
1.6
Official permission to do something from a person or group in charge
317
2.1
An official paper that lets someone do something
303
3.2
Permission for something to happen, often given in writing
210
4.4
Official permission to enter a place or take an action
24
5.6
Permission that a person in charge gives to do something
21
3.1
Official permission to do something
11
5.7
Official permission from an authority to do something
10
3.4
Official permission to do something
5
2.0
Permission from someone in charge to go ahead
1
7.5
Official permission to access files or perform actions in a system
Antonyms
How Permitted
- Formal
210
4.4
- US
102
4.4
842
1.0
261
1.0
- Formal
303
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Authorization comes from the old Latin root auctor, which means 'author' or 'creator' and is the same root as author and authority. So, authorization is the official permission or power someone gives you to do something.