authority
/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/
Misollar
- A traveller may lie with authority.
- We have it on good authority.
- Judges have a lot of authority.
- Tom cultivates an air of authority.
- How dare you disrespect my authority?
- How dare you question my authority!
ot noun
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The power to enforce rules or give orders.
I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.
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A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
the world's foremost authority on orangutans
- (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
- Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.