"authoritative" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɔːˈθɒɹɪˌteɪtɪv/ [UK], /ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪv/ [UK], /ɔːˈθɒɹɪtɪv/ [proscribed], /əˈθɔɹɪˌteɪtɪv/ [US], /əˈθɑɹɪˌteɪtɪv/ [US], /əˈθɔɹɪtətɪv/ [US], /əˈθɑɹɪtətɪv/ [US], /ɔ-/ [US], /əˈθɔɹɪtɪv/ [proscribed], /əˈθɑɹɪtɪv/ [proscribed], /ɔ-/ [proscribed] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-authoritative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more authoritative [comparative], most authoritative [superlative]
Etymology: From authorit(y) + -ative. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|authority|ative|alt1=authorit(y)}} authorit(y) + -ative Head templates: {{en-adj}} authoritative (comparative more authoritative, superlative most authoritative)
  1. Arising or originating from a figure of authority Synonyms (from a position of authority): of record Translations (originating from a figure of authority): авторитарен (avtoritaren) (Bulgarian), 正式的 (zhèngshì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 官方的 (guānfāng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 權威的 (Chinese Mandarin), 权威的 (quánwēi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 當局的 (Chinese Mandarin), 当局的 (dāngjú de) (Chinese Mandarin), autoritativní (Czech), virallinen (Finnish), arvovaltainen (Finnish), auktoritatiivinen (Finnish), officiel [masculine] (French), officielle [feminine] (French), autoritaire (French), autorisé [masculine] (French), autorisée [feminine] (French), autoritativ (German), offiziell (German), autorevole (Italian), myndig (Norwegian), autorytatywny (Polish), autoritário (Portuguese), официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj) (Russian), autoritativo (Spanish), oficial (Spanish), авторите́тний (avtorytétnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-authoritative-en-adj-yUaTsMMY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 17 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 56 26 18 Disambiguation of 'from a position of authority': 67 30 3 Disambiguation of 'originating from a figure of authority': 78 20 3
  2. Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority Synonyms (highly accurate): definitive, precise, proper Translations (accurate or definitive): αὐθεντικός (authentikós) (Ancient Greek), авторитетен (avtoriteten) (Bulgarian), достоверен (dostoveren) (Bulgarian), 權威的 (Chinese Mandarin), 权威的 (quánwēi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 有權威的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有权威的 (yǒu quánwēi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 可信的 (kěxìn de) (Chinese Mandarin), autoritativní (Czech), aŭtoritata (Esperanto), arvovaltainen (Finnish), auktoritatiivinen (Finnish), majeur [masculine] (French), majeure [feminine] (French), autoritaire (French), autorisé [masculine] (French), autorisée [feminine] (French), ავტორიტეტიანი (avṭoriṭeṭiani) (Georgian), ავტორიტეტული (avṭoriṭeṭuli) (Georgian), vorherrschend (note: of an opinion or view) (German), maßgebend (note: of a scholarly work or medium) (German), maßgeblich (note: of someone’s or an institution’s reputation or influence) (German), führend (note: of an institution, medium, or work) (German), tonangebend (note: of someone or an institution of authority) (German), autoritario (Italian), pūkorero (Maori), miarodajny (Polish), autoritário (Portuguese), autoritativo (Portuguese), авторите́тный (avtoritétnyj) (Russian), достове́рный (dostovérnyj) (Russian), fidedigno (Spanish), autorizado (Spanish), auktoritativ (Swedish), авторите́тний (avtorytétnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-authoritative-en-adj-YX8Sv48q Disambiguation of 'highly accurate': 0 99 1 Disambiguation of 'accurate or definitive': 1 98 1
  3. Having a commanding style. Translations (having a commanding style): заповеднически (zapovedničeski) (Bulgarian), 命令式的 (mìnglìng shì de) (Chinese Mandarin), autoritářský (Czech), käskevä (Finnish), määräilevä (Finnish), magistériel [masculine] (French), magistérielle [feminine] (French), gebieterisch (German), myndig (Norwegian), autorytatywny (Polish), autoritário (Portuguese), вла́стный (vlástnyj) (Russian), повели́тельный (povelítelʹnyj) (note: e.g. tone) (Russian), autoritario (Spanish), myndig (Swedish), авторите́тний (avtorytétnyj) (Ukrainian), вла́дний (vládnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-authoritative-en-adj-~rABertg Disambiguation of 'having a commanding style': 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: authoritatively, authoritativeness

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          "word": "авторитетен"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dostoveren",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "достоверен"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "權威的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "quánwēi de",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "权威的"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "有權威的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒu quánwēi de",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "有权威的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kěxìn de",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "arvovaltainen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "auktoritatiivinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "majeur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "autoritaire"
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autorisée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "avṭoriṭeṭiani",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "ავტორიტეტიანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "avṭoriṭeṭuli",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "ავტორიტეტული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "of an opinion or view",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "vorherrschend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "of a scholarly work or medium",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "maßgebend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "of someone’s or an institution’s reputation or influence",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "maßgeblich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "of an institution, medium, or work",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "führend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "of someone or an institution of authority",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "tonangebend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "authentikós",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "αὐθεντικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "autoritario"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "pūkorero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "miarodajny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "autoritário"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "autoritativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtoritétnyj",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "авторите́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostovérnyj",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "достове́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "fidedigno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "autorizado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "auktoritativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avtorytétnyj",
          "sense": "accurate or definitive",
          "word": "авторите́тний"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "He instructed us in that booming, authoritative voice of his."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice, Springer Science & Business Media, page 26",
          "text": "The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous groups are considered prototypical for this model.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Having a commanding style."
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          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapovedničeski",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "word": "заповеднически"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mìnglìng shì de",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "word": "命令式的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "word": "autoritářský"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "word": "käskevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "word": "määräilevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "magistériel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "magistérielle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having a commanding style",
          "word": "gebieterisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
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    {
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "auktoritatiivinen"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "autoritativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "offiziell"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "autorevole"
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "myndig"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "autorytatywny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "autoritário"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oficiálʹnyj",
      "sense": "originating from a figure of authority",
      "word": "официа́льный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "autoritativo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "авторите́тний"
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      "word": "權威的"
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      "roman": "quánwēi de",
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      "word": "权威的"
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      "word": "有權威的"
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      "word": "有权威的"
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      "word": "aŭtoritata"
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      "word": "arvovaltainen"
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      "word": "majeur"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "accurate or definitive",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "ავტორიტეტული"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "vorherrschend"
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      "code": "de",
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      "note": "of a scholarly work or medium",
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      "word": "maßgebend"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "maßgeblich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "führend"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "accurate or definitive",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "accurate or definitive",
      "word": "αὐθεντικός"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "accurate or definitive",
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      "code": "mi",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "miarodajny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "авторите́тный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "достове́рный"
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "no",
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      "word": "myndig"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "having a commanding style",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "повели́тельный"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "having a commanding style",
      "word": "autoritario"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a commanding style",
      "word": "myndig"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "having a commanding style",
      "word": "авторите́тний"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "vládnyj",
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      "word": "вла́дний"
    }
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  "word": "authoritative"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.