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📖 Определения и значения для слова authority

📒 the power to give orders to people

  • in a position of authority
  • to undermine/challenge somebody's authority
  • authority over somebody/something She now has authority over the people who used to be her bosses.

📒 the power or right to do something

  • Some experts think the agency may have exceeded its authority.
  • authority to do something The government has the authority to regulate the economy.
  • The Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide whether to fund military action.

📒 official permission to do something

  • without authority He took the car without authority.
  • without somebody's authority It was done without the principal's authority.
  • under the authority of somebody/something We acted under the authority of the UN.

📒 the people or an organization who have the power to make decisions or who have a particular area of responsibility in a country or region

  • I have to report this to the authorities.
  • The health authorities are investigating the problem.
  • planning/police/immigration authorities

📒 the power to influence people because they respect your knowledge or official position

  • with authority He spoke with authority on the topic.
  • authority to do something the moral authority to run the country
  • She bore an air of authority.

📒 a person with special knowledge

  • She's an authority on criminal law.
  • Copernicus justified his innovation by citing respected authorities.
  • He has come to be something of a leading authority on the subject.

📒 to be able to believe something because you trust the person who gave you the information

  • I have it on good authority that he is going to be promoted.
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