Authority
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Person(s) or established bodies with rights and responsibilities to exert control in an administrative sphere.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
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official permission or approval
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the power or right to give orders or make decisions
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freedom from doubt
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an authoritative written work
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an administrative unit of government
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an expert whose views are taken as definitive
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(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
Classifications
Entity Type
Organization85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- agencyauthorizationgovernmentsureness
- plural
- Authorities
- possessive
- Authority's
- pluralpossessive
- Authorities'