authorize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
grant authorization or clearance for
Clear the manuscript for publication
Types & categories
- permit hypernym
- approbate hyponym
- certificate hyponym
- sanction hyponym
- declare hyponym
- license hyponym
- commission hyponym
- validate hyponym
Related & opposite
- empowerment derivation
- clearance derivation
- sanction derivation
- passport derivation
- authorizer derivation
Sense 2 verb
give or delegate power or authority to
She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- empowerment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | empowerment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clearance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | passport |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorizer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | approbate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | certificate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | declare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | license |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | validate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | empowerment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appoint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | entitle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanction |