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authority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authorisation, authorization, sanction |
| Type of | permission |
authority for the program was renewed several times.
authority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
authority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
| Type of | certainty |
she spoke with authority.
authority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authorisation, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
| Type of | control |
| Has types | command, carte blanche, imperium, muscle, power of appointment, lordship, sovereignty |
he has the authority to issue warrants.
authority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | expert |
| Has types | liturgist, adviser, master, judge, consultant, connoisseur, evaluator, cognoscente, professional, high priest, advisor |
he is an authority on corporate law.
authority::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | somebody, soul, someone, individual, mortal, person |
| Has types | abrogator, rebuker, reproacher, reprover, civil authority, civil officer, authorizer, authority figure, authoriser, pasha, pacha, approver, mandator, allocator, upbraider, withdrawer, distributor |
Examples of authority
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At eight of those sites, the authority may keep a small parcel for future wells.
From the newsday.com
They also maintain that the FCC overstepped its authority in adopting the rules.
From the dailyherald.com
Any increased tax authority granted at the ballot box would last for five years.
From the sacbee.com
Sanford was appointed to the authority by former Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson.
From the kansas.com
As his authority becomes more dependent on force, that's exactly what he'll use.
From the theatlantic.com
Do you favor a broad granting of authority allowing phone companies to go ahead?
From the businessweek.com
I do think the SEC will be given authority to register and regulate hedge funds.
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The Chicago Democrat argued that the federal courts overstepped their authority.
From the suntimes.com
Visitors familiar with Solomon's art will find her working with a new authority.
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- The power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
- (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"
- An expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"
- Assurance: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
- Agency: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
- Official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"
- Authority, from the Latin word auctoritas, means invention, advice, opinion, influence, or command. Essentially authority is imposed by superiors upon inferiors either by force of arms (structural authority) or by force of argument (sapiential authority). ...
- The following is a list of both main and minor characters from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
- Authority in management is the formal or legitimate authority specified in a charter that gives a project manager the authority to act in the name of the sponsoring executive or on behalf on the organization.
