the power or right to give orders or make decisions
attribute noun (attributes of people and objects)
authorities
control » powerfulness » quality » attribute
carte blanche | command | imperium | lordship | muscle | power of appointment | sovereignty
he has the authority to issue warrants
authorisation [British spelling] | authorization [American/Canadian spelling] | dominance | potency | say-so
autorite "book or quotation that settles an argument", from Old French auctorité...
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an arbitrary assertion | an authoritative decision | the authority to make a final decision (13 of 378 words, 3 definitions, 8 usage examples)
one's unsupported assertion or assurance ; an authoritative pronouncement | a right of final decision; "say" (15 of 89 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
permission from someone to do something | "on someone's say-so": based on what someone says, but without any proof from them (20 of 61 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples)
the power or act of deciding or allowing something | (usually "on someone's say-so") a person's arbitrary or unauthorized assertion or instruction (21 of 44 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples)
Statement that something is so. | [informal] Permission. | Say, voice (in a matter). (12 of 37 words, 3 definitions, 6 usage examples)
a statement made by someone without proof (7 of 27 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
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an instruction to do something, or permission given by someone to do something (13 of 31 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
An unsupported statement or assurance. | An authoritative expression of permission or approval. | The right or authority to decide. (18 of 24 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
one's personal statement or assertion. | final authority; directing influence. | an authoritative statement. (12 of 22 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
(one's) word, opinion, assurance, etc. | right of decision; authority (9 of 11 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
the function of specifying access rights to resources, which is related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular. More formally, "to authorize" is to define access policy. For example, human resources... (38 of 753 words)
in genetics, greater influence by one of a pair of genes that affect the same inherited character. If an individual pea plant with the alleles T and t ... (28 of 159 words)
a mere assertion by somebody that something is so | permission or authorization from somebody | the right to decide something (19 of 31 words, 3 definitions)
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First use: early 13th century
Origin: autorite "book or quotation that settles an argument", from Old French auctorité "authority, prestige, right, permission, dignity, ... (20 of 91 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English autorite ("book or quotation that settles an argument"), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctoritas ("invention, advice, opinion, influence, command"), from auctor ("master, leader, author")
First use: 13th century
Origin: Middle English auctorite, from Anglo-French auctorité, from Latin auctoritat-, auctoritas opinion, decision, power, from auctor
Origin: Middle English auctorite, from Old French autorite, from Latin auctōritās, auctōritāt-, from auctor, creator; see "author".
Origin: Middle English: from Old French autorite, from Latin auctoritas, from auctor "originator, promoter" (see "author")
Origin: Middle English autorite from Old French autorité, auctorité from Latin auctoritas from auctor, "author"
First use: 14th century
Origin: from French autorité, from Latin auctōritas, from auctorauthor
First use: 13th century
Origin: French from Latin auctoritas from auctor
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