Authorize Meaning

/ˈɔθəɹaɪz/
C1

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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verbTo grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

I cannot authorize Ken to go abroad.
I authorize my workers to leave early.
I can authorize payments up to £5 000.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city council voted to ____ the construction of a new bridge.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bank will only ____ the transfer after verifying your whole identity.

From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy.

"The term “Alfredian” then is not univocal; it can mean, depending on the argument, anything from Alfred setting down words by himself, to Alfred working with a little or a lot of help in writing or dictating, or to Alfred authorizing another or others to act in his name with degrees of his personal involvement varying from much to nil." — 1986, Paul E. Szarmach, “Introduction”, in Studies in Earlier Old English Prose, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 2:
"Meese arrived back at the Justice Department at 12:45 p.m. and advised Reynolds, Cooper, and Richardson that the President had authorized him to "get his arms around the Iranian initiative."" — 1995, Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye, Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, →ISBN, page 305:
"The soundingness of hearing and voicing constitute an embodied sense of presence and of memory. Voice then authorizes identities as identities authorize voice." — 2007, Patricia Kruth, Henry Stobart, Sound, page 184:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city council voted to ____ the construction of a new bridge.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bank will only ____ the transfer after verifying your whole identity.

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