authority in English

noun

1

the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

he had absolute authority over his subordinates

synonyms: power, jurisdiction, command, control, charge, dominance, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, influence, clout

2

a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere.

the health authorities

synonyms: officials, officialdom, government, administration, establishment, police, the powers that be

3

the power to influence others, especially because of one's commanding manner or one's recognized knowledge about something.

he has the natural authority of one who is used to being obeyed

noun

power, jurisdiction, command, control, charge, dominance, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, influence, clout
authorization, right, power, mandate, prerogative, license, permission
officials, officialdom, government, administration, establishment, police, the powers that be
expert, specialist, aficionado, pundit, guru, sage
evidence, testimony, witness, attestation, word, avowal, deposition
bureau, agency, government agency, federal agency, office
say-so, potency, dominance, authorization
self-assurance, self-confidence, confidence, assurance, sureness
sanction, authorization

Use "authority" in a sentence

1. Authority synonyms, Authority pronunciation, Authority translation, English dictionary definition of Authority

2. Canvassing board — Membership — Authority — Delegation of authority — Rule making

3. Benwood McMechen Housing Authority is a Smoke Free Housing Authority

4. Benwood McMechen Housing Authority is a Smoke Free Housing Authority

5. The administrative authority must be independent of the legal authority.

6. • Advertising Standards Authority:

7. Brachyura (Infraorder) Authority

8. Housing authority decision.

9. Based on 120 documents Adjudicating Authority means any authority, appointed or authorised to pass any order or decision under this Act, but does not include the Commissioner, Revisional Authority, the Authority for Advance Ruling, the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, the Appellate Authority and the Appellate Tribunal; Sample 1 Sample 2

10. Authority Property Management Inc

11. The fasces denotes authority.

12. Its authority is lost.

13. Synonym Discussion of Authority.

14. Too scared of authority.

15. The extent to which such a declaration is accepted differs from authority to authority.

16. The local authority may then try to shuffle these responsibilities off onto another authority.

17. The problem on legal principle is, an executive authority whether fine another executive authority?

18. The Authority tab presents the authority record that is associated with the Bibliographic headings record.

19. The principal officers of the local authority are those which the authority decides to appoint.

20. Authoritative definition, having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an Authoritative opinion

21. “Lord” refers to his authority.

22. Certificate of Incumbency and Authority.

23. She's an authority on phonetics.

24. We believe the authority of the Holy Scripture to be above the authority of the Church.

25. What are synonyms for Authority?

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27. General Health Care Authority rulemaking

28. Paying back to the authority

29. High authority deformable optical system

30. Recall the aspect of authority.

31. He speaks with such authority

32. “No Authority Except by God”

33. DeCentralization means diffusion of authority

34. Overriding authority of the Protocol

35. You have exceeded your authority.

36. To the proper military authority.

37. Acknowledge headship, age, and authority.

38. Authority from God Was Restored

39. The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan is the minting authority of the Ngultrum banknotes and coins.

40. ROGET THESAURUS Absoluteness Authority N authority, influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction, right, direction

41. With that overturned the clan authoritythe authority the authority of the husband all begin to totter.

42. “national designated authority” means a designated authority within the meaning of the relevant acts of Union law.’

43. Choctaw Economic Development Authority (CEDA) meeting

44. Airports Authority Reelects Officers for 2021

45. Authorized definition is - endowed with authority

46. Congress began to assert its authority.

47. I have it on unimpeachable authority.

48. Approving Authority means a government (federal, provincial or municipal), governmental agency, Crown corporation, or quasi-governmental authority (a privately operated organization exercising authority delegated by legislation or a government).

49. As nouns the difference between authority and Authoritativeness is that authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders while Authoritativeness is the quality of possessing authority.

50. Issuing Authority: Anguilla Social Security Board