Definitions for authority

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authority au·thor·i·ty

Spelling: [uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor-]

IPA: /əˈθɔr ɪ ti, əˈθɒr-/

Authority is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 260 anagrams from letters in authority (ahiorttuy).

Definitions for authority

noun

1. the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
2. a power or right delegated or given; authorization:
3. a person or body of persons in whom authority is vested, as a governmental agency:
4. Usually, authorities. persons having the legal power to make and enforce the law; government:
5. an accepted source of information, advice, etc.:
6. a quotation or citation from such a source.
7. an expert on a subject:
8. persuasive force; conviction:
9. a statute, court rule, or judicial decision that establishes a rule or principle of law; a ruling.
10. right to respect or acceptance of one's word, command, thought, etc.; commanding influence:
11. mastery in execution or performance, as of a work of art or literature or a piece of music.
12. a warrant for action; justification.
13. testimony; witness.

Origin of authority

1200-50; earlier auct(h)oritie Latin auctōritās; replacing Middle English autorite Old French author, -ity

Examples for authority

From that moment on, no Jew dared to question the authority of Moses.

There is the will of the people; the resolve of the political class; the courage of the media; and the authority of the courts.

Too moderate and the more radical groups call you a snitch, jeopardizing your standing and authority at demonstrations.

You get these high-profile people that go into prison, and the staff abuse their authority.

But it was always my notion, that children should not dispute their parents' authority.

Only two senators opposed the resolution, which the administration later claimed was the authority for a full-scale war.

So this part of my restraint was doubtless a stretch of the authority given him.

It was unspeakably humiliating to be told that she had overstepped her authority.

No man ventured to interfere with this lawful exercise of his authority.

But the authority of his name far exceeds that of our own, famous or obscure though we be.