authority 2
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
Examples
- 1.the authorities have issued a curfew
EnglishHyponym
abrogator 1
noun
an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal
allocator 1
noun
a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
approver 1
noun
an authority with power to approve
someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else
authorizer 1
noun
an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
Member_of_this_domain_-_USAGE
plural 1
noun
the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
