authority

/ɔːˈθɒrɪti/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɔːˈθɒrɪti/

ɔːˈθɒrɪti

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

ɔː - ˈθɒrɪti -> authority

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဩဇာ။ အမိန့်အာဏာ။ အခွင့်အာဏာ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်။ အာဏာပိုင်။ အာဏာပိုင်အဖွဲ့။

Full entry

authority /ↄ:'θɒrǝti/ n

၁။ [U] (က) ဩဇာ။ အမိန့်အာဏာ။ The leader must be a person of authority. ❍ She now has authority over the people she used to take orders from. ❍ a deep distrust of those in authority (ie having a position of power or command) ❍ I am acting under the authority of (ie following orders issued by) the UN.
❍ It was done without the manager's authority (ie permission). (ခ) ~ (to do sth) အခွင့်အာဏာ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်။ Only the treasurer has authority to sign cheques. ❍ We have the authority to search this building.
၂။ [C often pl ] အာဏာပိုင်။ အာဏာပိုင်အဖွဲ့။ He's in the care of the local authority. ❍ a local education authority ❍ The health authorities are investigating the matter. ❍ I shall have to report this to the authorities.
၃။ (က) [U] ဩဇာ ညောင်းခြင်း။ အာဏာရှိခြင်း။ ပိုင်နိုင်ခြင်း။ the moral authority of the Bible
❍ have an air of authority ❍ He can speak with authority on a great range of subjects.
(ခ) [C, U] ~ (on sth) [ဥ] ဝိဇ္ဇာ။ She's an authority on phonetics.
(ဂ) [C] အားကိုးလောက်သော ကျမ်းစသည်။ What is your authority for that statement?
❍ I have it on good authority (ie have reliable information) that she's thinking of leaving her job.

More examples

[authority on] : Charles was an authority on antique musical instruments.
[authority on] : The book is widely acknowledged to be the authority on regional English expressions.
The girl told the authorities that she had been kidnapped from her home.
The French authorities have refused to issue him a visa.
She took her complaint to the local health authority.
The rules are set by the passenger transport authority.
In practice it is difficult for the President to exercise his authority.
[have the authority to do something] : They don’t have the authority to close the canal.
[authority over] : Parents have legal authority over their children.
[with authority] : It is a subject on which she can write with authority.
There was a tone of authority in her voice.
He believed he had authority to ride the bike.

Synonyms

power, right, ability, influence, weight, clout, say-so, last word, Bible, CEO, agency, arbiter, aristocrat, ascendancy, authorization, beef, big cheese, big shot, big wig, board, boss, brains, brass, buff, charge, citation, city hall, command, confidence, connoisseur, consultant, control, conviction, corporation, credit, czar, domination, dominion, edge, egghead, establishment, esteem, evidence, exec, executive, experience, expert, expert witness, feds, force, front office, goods, government, government department, governor, group, guru, guts, ivory dome, judge, juice, jump, jurisdiction, kingfish, kingpin, knowledge, law, leg up, license, mastery, might, might and main, permission, permit, pizzazz, pow, power elite, powerfully, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, pro, professional, professor, punch, pundit, ropes, rule, say, scholar, source, specialist, steam, strength, strong arm, stuff, supremacy, sway, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upper hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, warrant, what it takes, whip hand, whiz, with might and main, wizard, word, zap

Antonyms

amateur, breach, break, disadvantage, greenhorn, ignoramus, inferiority, lack, lethargy, powerlessness, prohibition, proletariat, rookie, student, subordination, weakness