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authority

English

🔊 official permission or approval
“authority for the program was renewed several times”
🔊 the power or right to give orders or make decisions
“he has the authority to issue warrants”
🔊 an authoritative written work
“this book is the final authority on the life of Milton”
🔊 an expert whose views are taken as definitive
“he is an authority on corporate law”
🔊 (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
“the authorities have issued a curfew”
🔊 freedom from doubt
“his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular”
🔊 an administrative unit of government
“the Central Intelligence Agency”