authorities
Meaning of authorities
noun
- The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
- The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
- The power to enforce rules or give orders.
I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.
- (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
- A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
the world's foremost authority on orangutans
- Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.
Information about authorities
- It is a name.
- The singular form of authorities is: authority.
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Hyphenation of authorities
au-thor-i-ties
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- authorities is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
authorities synonyms
Meaning government:
Words that rhyme with authorities
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