authoritative

au·thor·i·ta·tive

 (ə-thôr′ĭ-tā′tĭv, ə-thŏr′-, ô-)

adj.

1. Having or arising from authority; official: an authoritative decree; authoritative sources.

2. Of acknowledged accuracy or excellence; highly reliable: an authoritative account of the revolution.

3. Demonstrating authority; commanding: the captain's authoritative manner.

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au·thor′i·ta′tive·ly adv.

au·thor′i·ta′tive·ness n.

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authoritative

(ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv)

adj

1. recognized or accepted as being true or reliable: an authoritative article on drugs.

2. exercising or asserting authority; commanding: an authoritative manner.

3. possessing or supported by authority; official: an authoritative communiqué.

auˈthoritatively adv

auˈthoritativeness n

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au•thor•i•ta•tive

(əˈθɔr ɪˌteɪ tɪv, əˈθɒr-)

adj.

1. having the weight of authority; official.

2. substantiated or supported by evidence and accepted by most authorities in a field: the authoritative edition.

3. having an air of or exercising authority; peremptory; dictatorial.

[1595–1605]

au•thor′i•ta`tive•ly, adv.

au•thor′i•ta`tive•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	authoritative - having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner" important influential - having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"
	2.	authoritative - of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" classic, classical, definitive standard - established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"
	3.	authoritative - sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography" authorised, authorized official - having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"

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authoritative

adjective

1. commanding, lordly, masterly, imposing, dominating, confident, decisive, imperative, assertive, autocratic, dictatorial, dogmatic, imperious, self-assured, peremptory He has a deep, authoritative voice.
commanding weak, humble, timid, subservient

2. official, approved, sanctioned, legitimate, sovereign, authorized, commanding The first authoritative study was published in 1840.
official unofficial, unauthorized, unsanctioned

3. reliable, learned, sound, true, accurate, valid, scholarly, faithful, authentic, definitive, factual, truthful, veritable, dependable, trustworthy The evidence she uses is highly authoritative.
reliable unreliable, deceptive, undependable

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authoritative

adjective

1. Having or arising from authority:

conclusive, official, sanctioned, standard.

2. Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original:

authentic, convincing, credible, faithful, true, trustworthy, valid.

3. Serving the function of deciding or settling with finality:

conclusive, decisive, definitive, determinative, final.

4. Exercising authority:

commanding, dominant, lordly, masterful.

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Translations

صادِر عَن سُلْطَه مُخْتَصَّه

směrodatnýurčující

ekspert-pålidelig

maßgeblich

έγκυρος

acreditadoautorizado

autorisé

irányadó

opinber

autorevoleimperioso

autoritativekspert-pålitelig

авторитетный

smerodajný

güvenilir

有权威的

authoritative

[ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv] ADJ

1. (= reliable) [account, book, writer, professor] → de gran autoridad, acreditado; [source, statement, information, study] → autorizado; [newspaper] → serio

2. (= commanding) [person, voice, manner] → autoritario

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

authoritative

[ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv] adj

(= dependable) [account] → digne de foi; [study, treatise, book] → qui fait autorité

(= confident) [manner, voice] → plein(e) d'autorité

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

authoritative

adj

(= commanding) → bestimmt, entschieden; manner → Respekt einflößend; to sound authoritative → Respekt einflößen, bestimmt auftreten

(= reliable) → verlässlich, zuverlässig; (= definitive) → maßgeblich, maßgebend; I won’t accept his opinion as authoritative → seine Meinung ist für mich nicht maßgeblich or maßgebend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

authoritative

[ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv] adj (account, judgement) → autorevole; (manner) → autoritario/a

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authority

(oːˈθorəti) – plural auˈthorities – noun

1. the power or right to do something. He gave me authority to act on his behalf. gesag, mag سُلْطَه، تَفويض власт autoridade pravomoc die Befugnis; die Vollmacht myndighed; autoritet εξουσίαautoridad volitus اختیار؛ حق auktoriteetti autoritéסמכות अधिकार ovlaštenje hatalom; meghatalmazás wewenang vald autorità 権限 권한 įgaliojimas, pavedimas pilnvara; tiesības kuasa machtigingmyndighet, autoritet pełnomocnictwo, upoważnienie حق،اختیار autoridade au­to­ritate полномочие právomoc avtoriteta ovlašćenje [laga] rätt, befogenhet อำนาจหน้าที่ yetki 權力 повноваження اختیار quyền lực 权力

2. a person who is an expert, or a book that can be referred to, on a particular subject. He is an authority on Roman history. kenner حُجّـه، ثِقه، مَرجِع، مَصدَر مَوثوق авторитет autoridade odborník die Autorität ekspert; autoritet αυθεντίαautoridad autoriteet کارشناس؛ مرجع asiantuntija autorité בר סמכא, מומחה विशेषज्ञ autoritet szaktekintély ahli sérfræðingur autorità 権威 권위자 autoritetas, žinovas autoritāte; speciālists pakar autoriteitekspert, autoritetautorytet کارپوه autoridade autoritate авторитет; достоверныи источник odborník priznan strokovnjak stručnjak auktoritet ผู้ที่รอบรู้ uzman 權威 авторитет سند ، تصدیق chuyên gia 权威

3. (usually in plural) the person or people who have power in an administration etc. The authorities would not allow public meetings. owerheid سُلْطَه (مَحَلِّيَه، دُستورِيَه، مَركَزِيَه) власти autoridades úřady die Obrigkeit myndigheder (οι) αρχές (πληθ.) autoridades (ameti)võimud مسئولان امور päättäjä autoritésרשות, סמכויות अधिकारी vlasti hatóság penguasa valdhafar autorità 関係当局 당국 valdžia varas institūcijas pihak berkuasa overheidmyndighetenewładze د امور مسوولان autoridades auto­rităţi власти úrady oblast vlasti myndighet[er] ฝ่ายบริหาร yetkililer 官方，當局 органи влади حاکم ، حکام người có thẩm quyền 官方，当局

4. a natural quality in a person which makes him able to control and influence people. a man of authority. oorredingsvermoë, gesag سُلْطان، صَلاحِيَّه، نُفوذ авторитет autoridade autorita die Autorität respekt; autoritet κύροςautoridad mõjuvõim اقتدار arvovalta autoritéסמכותיות प्रभाव autoritet tekintély wibawa valdsmannslegur autorità 威厳 설득력 autoritetas autoritāte berwibawa gezagautoritet, respektautorytet قدرت autoridade autoritate авторитет autorita avtoriteta autoritet pondus, anseende ความมีอำนาจ etkileme gücü 魄力, 威信 вага, вплив بآختیار ، اختیار có uy tín 魄力，威信

auˌthoriˈtarian adjective

considering obedience to authority more important than personal freedom. an authoritarian government. outoritêre إسْتِبْدادي، تَسَلُّطي авторитарен autoritário autoritářský autoritär autoritær απολυταρχικόςautoritario autoritaarne دیکتاتور؛ مستبد autoritaarinen autoritaireסמכותי, רודן निरंकुश autoritaran tekintélyelvű otoriter valdboðs- autoritario 独裁的な 권위주의적인 autoritarinis autoritārs kerajaan berwibawa autoritairautoritærdespotyczny دیکتاتور autoritário auto­ritar(ist) авторитарный autoritatívny avtoritaren autoritaran auktoritär เผด็จการ otoriter 獨裁主義的 авторитарний; владний تحکمانہ ، آمرانہ độc tài 独裁主义的

auˈthoritative (-tətiv) , ((American) -teitiv) adjective

said or written by an expert or a person in authority. an authoritative opinion. gesaghebbend صادِر عَن سُلْطَه مُخْتَصَّه достоверен competente směrodatný, určující maßgeblich ekspert-; autoritativ; pålidelig έγκυρος, δόκιμος autorizada autoriteetne قابل اطمینان؛ موثق arvovaltainen autoriséסמכותי प्रामाणिक autoritativan irányadó berwenang opinber autorevole 権威のある 권위 있는 autoritetingas autoritatīvs pakar dalam bidang kuasa gezaghebbendekspert-, autoritativ, påliteligmiarodajny د اطمینان وړ de perito autorizat авторитетный smerodajný pooblaščen autoritativan auktoritativ ซึ่งเชื่อถือได้ güvenilir 權威的 авторитетний تحکمانہ ، آمرانہ طور پر có thẩm quyền 有权威的

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