单词 | authorize |
释义 | authorize (once / 1081 pages) v To authorize is to give official approval or clearance for something. Authorizing can also delegate power to someone. Authorities are people with power, and to authorize is to use or grant some of that power to another. A visa authorizes you to visit a specific country. A search warrant authorizes the police to search a house. A doctor's note authorizes someone to miss work or school. Also, authorizing can be a form of delegating powers or responsibilities. The president of a company could authorize a worker to make a particular decision. Authorizing officially allows something to happen. WORD FAMILYauthorize: authorization, authorizer, authorizes, authorizing+/authorisation: authorisations/authorise: authorisation, authorised, authoriser, authorises, authorising/authorised: unauthorised/authoritarian: antiauthoritarian, authoritarianism, authoritarians/authoritative: authoritatively/authority: authorise, authoritarian, authoritative, authorities, authorize/authorization: authorizations/authorizer: authorizers USAGE EXAMPLESLegislation in a defense policy bill authorizes adding more than 7,000 acres to the park. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The legislation authorizes the state’s Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project, which was approved in September by the U.S. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) The Allegany County Commissioners voted Dec. 15 to authorize an agreement with the state agency for design and construction of the overlook. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v grant authorization or clearance for The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography Syn|Hypo|Hyper authorise, clear, pass approbate approve or sanction officially certificateauthorize by certificate O.K., approve, okay, sanctiongive sanction to declareauthorize payments of certify, licence, licenseauthorize officially commissioncharge with a task formalise, formalize, validatedeclare or make legally valid sanctiongive religious sanction to, such as through on oath visaapprove officially franchisegrant a franchise to chartergrant a charter to back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, supportbe behind; approve of ratify, signapprove and express assent, responsibility, or obligation co-sign, cosignsign jointly probateestablish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) accredit, recognise, recognizegrant credentials to confirmsupport a person for a position allow, countenance, let, permit consent to, give permission 2v give or delegate power or authority to She authorized her assistant to sign the papers Syn|Hypo|Hyper authorise, empower entitle give the right to sanctiongive authority or permission to appoint, charge assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to |
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