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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/���θ�ɹ�ti/
(General American|US) IPA|/��θ�ɹ�ti/
audio|en-us-authority.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|authorit|ies|-

1. uncountable The power to enforce rules or give orders.
2. context|used in singular or plural form Persons in command; specifically, government.
3. countable One who is accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

Quotations
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.

Related terms
moral authority

Translations
trans-top|The power to enforce rules or give orders
Albanian: autoritet
Dutch: bevoegdheid f
Ewe: �usẽ
Finnish: auktoriteetti, käskyvalta, vaikutusvalta
French: autorité f
German: Autorität f
Greek: εξο��ία (eksusia) f, α��ή (arkhe) f
Hebrew: ס���ת (samkhut) f
Irish: údarás, m., 1st decl.
Italian: autorità f
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Japanese: 権� (kenryoku); 権� (ken'i)
Korean: �력 (gweonreok), �� (gweonneung)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|د��س��ڵات|trdasaLAt|scKUchar, t|ku|ب��رد��ست�|trbardastee|scKUchar
Maltese: awtoritá
Polish: autorytet m
Romanian: t|ro|autoritate|f
Russian: ав�о�и�е� (avtoritét) m
Slovene: avtoriteta f
Spanish: autoridad f
Telugu: �ధి�ారమ�
Ukrainian: влада f
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trans-top|Persons in command; specifically, government
Albanian: autoritet
Dutch: autoriteit f, mostly in plural: autoriteiten
Esperanto: instanco
Finnish: viranomaiset
French: autorité f
German: Autorität f
Greek: ���� (arkhes) f|p
Hebrew: רש���ת (rashuyot) f|p
Irish: údarás
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Italian: autorità f
Japanese: �� (t�kyoku)
Korean: �력� (gweonryeokja)
Maltese: awtoritarju m, awtoritarja f
Polish: w�adza f
Romanian: t|ro|autoritate|f
Russian: ав�о�и�е� (avtoritét) m
Slovene: avtoriteta f
Ukrainian: влада f
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trans-top|One who is accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject
Albanian: autoritet
Dutch: autoriteit f
Finnish: asiantuntija
French: autorité f
Greek: α�θεν�ία (afthendia) f
Hebrew: �ר-ס��� (bar-samkha) m
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Italian: autorità f
Korean: ��� (gweonwija)
Polish: autorytet m
Romanian: t|ro|autoritate|f
Russian: ав�о�и�е� (avtoritét) m
Slovene: avtoriteta f
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ttbc|Breton: aotrouniezh f, beli f
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras

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