authorisation
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a document giving an official instruction or command
Types & categories
- legal document hypernym
Related & opposite
- authorized attribute
- unauthorized attribute
- mandate derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
he has the authority to issue warrants
Types & categories
- control hypernym
- power of appointment hyponym
- carte blanche hyponym
- command hyponym
- imperium hyponym
- lordship hyponym
- muscle hyponym
- sovereignty hyponym
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Sense 3 noun
official permission or approval
authority for the program was renewed several times
Types & categories
- permission hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
Types & categories
- management hypernym
- sanction hyponym
- permission hyponym
- certification hyponym
- commissioning hyponym
- relegation hyponym
- loan approval hyponym
- rubber stamp hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | authorized |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unauthorized |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal document |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | master |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | potent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | power of appointment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | carte blanche |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | command |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | imperium |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lordship |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | muscle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sovereignty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | permission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorise |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | management |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | permission |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | certification |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | commissioning |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | relegation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | loan approval |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubber stamp |