authorize
/ˈɔθəɹaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter."
- "The judge authorized the wiretapping."
- "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."
- "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.""
- "When authorizing in IE5 against an LDAP server, if the password is incorrect, IE will not issue the challenge again, it will go right to the error document."
- "The soundingness of hearing and voicing constitute an embodied sense of presence and of memory. Voice then authorizes identities as identities authorize voice."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/
- British English: /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/
Usage
- American usage