Authorization Meaning
/ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act of authorizing.
nounThe state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
Sentence Examples
His job is to manage credit authorization.
I went to the military camp with Kordobas's authorization.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We need written ____ to enter the secure laboratory area.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please obtain proper ____ before you attempt to access the private server.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English authorize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English authorization From authorize + -ation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program"
— 1966, Education at Berkeley, page 116:
"His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war"
— 1985 May 26, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 41, number 5, page 46:
"Its purpose is to govern the authorization of credit institutions and the provision of financial services throughout the EC."
— 1990, Horst Ungerer, The European monetary system: developments and perspectives, page 36:
"She pushed buttons at a new, small oval kind of telescreen, quickly gathering together the high-level authorizations it had taken hours of preparation to collect."
— 2002, Teresa Plowright, Dreams of an Unseen Planet:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We need written ____ to enter the secure laboratory area.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please obtain proper ____ before you attempt to access the private server.