noun
Meaning 1
plural of authority
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
authorities
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 TH AO1 R AH0 T IY0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the government reduced taxes
- the matter was referred to higher authorities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: government, regime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: polity
Narrower terms: authoritarian state, authoritarian regime, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court, royal court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pontificate, puppet government, puppet state, pupet regime, state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: myndighed — all senses
- Finnish: viranomaiset — all senses
- French: autorités — all senses
- German: Behörden — all senses
- Indonesian: pihak berwenang — all senses
- Italian: autorità — all senses
- Malay: pihak berkuasa — all senses
- Polish: władza — all senses
- Turkish: yetkililer — all senses
- Vietnamese: giới chức — all senses
Real reading context