Definizione monolingua

authority

authority (countable and uncountable; plural authorities)

1. (uncountable) 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.

   She lost all her respect and authority after turning up drunk to the meeting.

   Respect my authority!

2. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

3. (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

   The worlds foremost authority on orangutans.

   • 1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman

     To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.

Definizione dizionario authority

	autorità
	person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject
	power to enforce rules or give orders
	persons in command; specifically, government
	Il potere di far rispettare le regole o dare degli ordini.
	The power to enforce rules or give orders.

	ente
	Struttura organizzata per fini determinati (che possono essere o non essere commerciali) a cui la legge riconosce personalità giuridica.
	Stucture that has been organised for a certain scope (that can be for nor not for profit), which the legislation attributes a incorporated status.

	fonte
	Una persona, che viene riconosciuta come fonte affidabile di informazione su un tema.
	One who is accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

apprèndere

autorevolezza

autorizzazione

capo

eminenza

esperto

guida

potere

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Altri significati:

authority (of)

something upon which to rely

source (e.g. quotation)

(uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.

(political) power

right (to do something)

(a) source

(used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.

(countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

authority (person)