Authority (IPA: /əˈθɔɹəti/)
| Authority (n.) |
Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. |
| Authority (n.) |
Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities. |
| Authority (n.) |
The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority. |
| Authority (n.) |
That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. |
| Authority (n.) |
Testimony; witness. |
| Authority (n.) |
A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent. |
| Authority (n.) |
A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book. |
| Authority (n.) |
Justification; warrant. |
| Authority |
Power to command |
| Authority |
Asymmetric, hierarchical social relationship |
| Authority |
State body or local government body that exercises official authority |
| Authority |
Its reliability as a witness to the author's intentions |
| Authority |
Episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [To Banner] As maybe the world's leading authority on waiting too long, don't. You both deserve a win." - Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth." - Richard Steele |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and degrades those over whom it is exercised." - Oscar Wilde |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " All authority must be out of a man's self, turned * * * either upon an art, or upon a man." - Authority |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " And though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold." - Authority |
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