authority
English
/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/, /əˈθɔɹəti/, /ɒːˈtɒɹɪti/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
- (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
- (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
- Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English auctorite derived from Old French auctorité.
Origin
Old French
auctorité
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiauthoritarian English
- antiauthority English
- authoritarian English
- authoritarianism English
- authoritarianist English
- authoritarianly English
- authoritative English
- authoritatively English
- authoritativeness English
- authorityless English
- authoritywise English
- counter-authoritarian English
- inauthoritative English
- multiauthority English
- nonauthoritarian English
- nonauthoritative English
- unauthoritative English
- auctoritas Latin
- auctōritātem Latin
- Authorität German
- オーソリティー Japanese
- auctorite Middle English
- auctour Middle English
- auctorité Old French
- auctoriteit Middle Dutch
- atoriti Tok Pisin