Authority

'Authority'

[authority.n.01] as in: the power or right to give orders or make decisions

Examples:
he has the authority to issue warrants
deputies are given authorization to make arrests
a place of potency in the state

authority, authority, authority, assurance, agency, authority, authority, mandate, authorization, potency, potential, potency, laterality, dominance, dominance, say-so, pronouncement

potent, potent, potent, potent, predominate, dominate, dominate, overshadow, dominate

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control, entity

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power_of_appointment, lordship, muscle, carte_blanche, sovereignty, imperium, command

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ability, authority, baron, exponent, might, office, potency, potent, potential, power, world_power

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'Authority'

[authority.n.02] as in: (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others

Examples:
the authorities have issued a curfew

authority, authority, authority, assurance, agency, authority, authority

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person, entity

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upbraider, withdrawer, authority_figure, approver, pasha, authorizer, civil_authority, allocator, mandator, abrogator

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'Authority'

[authority.n.03] as in: an expert whose views are taken as definitive

Examples:
he is an authority on corporate law

authority, authority, authority, assurance, agency, authority, authority

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expert, entity

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liturgist, master, high_priest, evaluator, connoisseur, adviser

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'Authority'

[assurance.n.01] as in: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

Examples:
his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
after that failure he lost his confidence
she spoke with authority

assurance, assurance, assurance, assurance, confidence, confidence, confidence, confidence, authority, authority, authority, agency, authority, authority, sureness

confident, convinced, confident, self-assured, certain, certain, certain, sure, certain, sure, sure, sure, indisputable, surely

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certainty, entity

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assurance, certain, certainty, confidence, confident, convinced, indisputable, plastered, seal, sealed, sure, surely, varnish

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'Authority'

[agency.n.01] as in: an administrative unit of government

Examples:
the Central Intelligence Agency
the Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
Tennessee Valley Authority

agency, agency, agency, representation, means, chest_of_drawers, office, function, office, office, office, position, authority, authority, authority, assurance, authority, authority

official, official, official, official, official, official, official

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administrative_unit, entity

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marine_corps_intelligence_activity, ballistic_missile_defense_organization, united_states_air_force, national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration, national_institutes_of_health, defense_advanced_research_projects_agency, financial_management_service, federal_aviation_agency, national_geospatial-intelligence_agency, united_states_public_health_service, air_force_intelligence_surveillance_and_reconnaissance, local_authority, bureau_of_engraving_and_printing, bureau_of_justice_statistics, defense_reutilization_and_marketing_service, united_states_fish_and_wildlife_service, law_enforcement_agency, defense_information_systems_agency, defense_technical_information_center, naval_air_warfare_center_weapons_division, national_institute_of_standards_and_technology, department_of_defense_laboratory_system, federal_housing_administration, casualty_care_research_center, technology_administration, naval_surface_warfare_center, army_intelligence, united_states_government_printing_office, internal_revenue_service, occupational_safety_and_health_administration, patent_and_trademark_office_database, department_of_energy_intelligence, united_states_army, bureau_of_justice_assistance, food_and_drug_administration, immigration_and_naturalization_service, independent_agency, office_of_intelligence_support, government_accounting_office, bureau_of_diplomatic_security, bureau_of_intelligence_and_research, defense_logistics_agency, center_for_disease_control_and_prevention, national_technical_information_service, united_states_border_patrol, national_weather_service, foreign_service, advanced_research_and_development_activity, united_states_navy, office_of_naval_intelligence, bureau_of_customs, comptroller_of_the_currency, naval_underwater_warfare_center, organ, national_guard_bureau, transportation_security_administration, counterterrorist_center, naval_special_warfare, national_park_service, nonproliferation_center, bureau_of_the_census, national_climatic_data_center, united_states_coast_guard, executive_agency, naval_research_laboratory, army_high_performance_computing_research_center, united_states_army_criminal_investigation_laboratory, air_force_research_laboratory

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official

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'Authority'

[authority.n.06] as in: official permission or approval

Examples:
authority for the program was renewed several times

authority, authority, authority, assurance, agency, authority, authority, mandate, authorization, sanction, sanction, sanction, approve, sanction, sanction

authorize, empower, sanction, sanction, authority, sanction, approve, sanction, sanction

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permission, entity

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approve

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'Authority'

[authority.n.07] as in: an authoritative written work

Examples:
this book is the final authority on the life of Milton

authority, authority, authority, assurance, agency, authority, authority

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book, entity

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last_word

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