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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aileron authority"
},
{
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"word": "antiauthority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "appeal to authority"
},
{
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"word": "authoritah"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "authority control"
},
{
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"word": "authority figure"
},
{
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"word": "authority issues"
},
{
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"word": "authorityless"
},
{
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"word": "authoritywise"
},
{
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"word": "certificate authority"
},
{
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"word": "color of authority"
},
{
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"word": "combined authority"
},
{
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"word": "elevator authority"
},
{
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"word": "local authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "moral authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "multiauthority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "port authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "postal authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "public authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rudder authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "signature authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "statutory authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tax authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unitary authority"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "verbal authority"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "auctorite"
},
"expansion": "Middle English auctorite",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "auctorité"
},
"expansion": "Old French auctorité",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctōritās (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "authorities",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "authority (countable and uncountable, plural authorities)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"au‧thor‧i‧ty"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "author"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "authoritarian"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "authoritative"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "authorization"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "have something on good authority"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 31 5 5 16 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Vigilantes may have the power to nab criminals, but they lack the authority.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She lost all respect and authority after turning up drunk at the meeting.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Respect my authority!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.i:",
"text": "SIR PETER. Very well! ma'am very well! so a husband is to have no influence, no authority?\nLADY TEAZLE. Authority! no, to be sure—if you wanted authority over me, you should have adopted me and not married me[:] I am sure you were old enough.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:",
"text": "But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right."
],
"id": "en-authority-en-noun-S-Kr-IMv",
"links": [
[
"Power",
"power"
],
[
"enforce",
"enforce"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "command"
},
{
"word": "rulership"
},
{
"word": "sovereignty"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "gesag"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "autoritet"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "apw",
"lang": "Western Apache",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "hashidilaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sulṭa",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سُلْطَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridat"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heġinakutʻyun",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "հեղինակություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "hakimiyyət"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "dəwlət",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "дәүләт"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "xökümət",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "хөкүмәт"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uláda",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ула́да"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlast",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "власт"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "avtoritét",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "авторите́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoritat"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "權力"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quánlì",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "权力"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "權威"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quánwēi",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "权威"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awtorita"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorita"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "myndighed"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bevoegdheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gezag"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "aŭtoritato"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "võim"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ŋusẽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "auktoriteetti"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "käskyvalta"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "vaikutusvalta"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "valta"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorité"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridade"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uplebamosileba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "უფლებამოსილება"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelisupleba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ხელისუფლება"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒalaupleba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ძალაუფლება"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rc̣munebuleba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "რწმუნებულება"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Autorität"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "waldufni",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exousía",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εξουσία"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archí",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αρχή"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "exousía",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἐξουσία"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "arkhḗ",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ἀρχή"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "samkhút",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סַמְכוּת"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "otorita",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אוֹטוֹרִיטָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "felhatalmazás"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "meghatalmazás"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "hatalom"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "tekintély"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "otoritas"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "kewenangan"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "údarás"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "urlámhas"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorità"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"alt": "けんりょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kenryoku",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "権力"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"alt": "けんい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ken'i",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "権威"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"alt": "きょうけん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyōken",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "強権"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"alt": "權力",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwollyeok",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "권력"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"alt": "權能",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwonneung",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "권능"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "desellat",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "دەسەڵات"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berdestî",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "بەردەستی"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "biylik",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "бийлик"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "coŋdor",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "чоңдор"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "başcı",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "башчы"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "avtoritet",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "авторитет"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ıygarım ukuk",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ыйгарым укук"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bedel",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "бедел"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kadır",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "кадыр"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kadır-bark",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "кадыр-барк негиз"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tüp",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "түп"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "uruksat",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "уруксат"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "avtoritettüülük",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "авторитеттүүлүк"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bedeldüülük",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "беделдүүлүк"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kadırluuluk",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "кадырлуулук"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bilgic",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "билгич"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auctōritās"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Autoritéit"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "autoriti"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "adhikāraṁ",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "അധികാരം"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 12 2 4 6 1",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "awtoritá"
},
{
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"code": "swb",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "valta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridade"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uplebamosileba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "უფლებამოსილება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelisupleba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ხელისუფლება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒalaupleba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ძალაუფლება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rc̣munebuleba",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "რწმუნებულება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Autorität"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "waldufni",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exousía",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εξουσία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archí",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αρχή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "exousía",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἐξουσία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "arkhḗ",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ἀρχή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "samkhút",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סַמְכוּת"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "otorita",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אוֹטוֹרִיטָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "felhatalmazás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "meghatalmazás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "hatalom"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "tekintély"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "otoritas"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "kewenangan"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "údarás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "urlámhas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorità"
},
{
"alt": "けんりょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kenryoku",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "権力"
},
{
"alt": "けんい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ken'i",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "権威"
},
{
"alt": "きょうけん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyōken",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "強権"
},
{
"alt": "權力",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwollyeok",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "권력"
},
{
"alt": "權能",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwonneung",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "권능"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "desellat",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "دەسەڵات"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berdestî",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "بەردەستی"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "biylik",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "бийлик"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "coŋdor",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "чоңдор"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "başcı",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "башчы"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "avtoritet",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "авторитет"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ıygarım ukuk",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "ыйгарым укук"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "avtoritet",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "авторитет"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bedel",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "бедел"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kadır",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "кадыр"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kadır-bark",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "кадыр-барк негиз"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tüp",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "түп"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "uruksat",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "уруксат"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "avtoritettüülük",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "авторитеттүүлүк"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bedeldüülük",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "беделдүүлүк"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kadırluuluk",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "кадырлуулук"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bilgic",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "билгич"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auctōritās"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Autoritéit"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "autoriti"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "adhikāraṁ",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "അധികാരം"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "awtoritá"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"class-9"
],
"word": "yezi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "kanoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "whakaruruhau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "manatū"
},
{
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "po'aka"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "auctorite"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ealdordōm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "autorytet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "powaga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlastʹ",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "власть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùghdarras"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorita"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avtoriteta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridad"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "mamlaka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "auktoritet"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "adhikāramu",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "అధికారము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "am-nâat",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "อำนาจ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "otorite"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "yetki"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vláda",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вла́да"
},
{
"alt": "權力",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"word": "quyền lực"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awdurdod"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oytoritet",
"sense": "power to enforce rules or give orders",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אויטאָריטעט"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "autoritet"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "išxanutʻyun",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "իշխանություն"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uláda",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ула́да"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlásti",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "вла́сти"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "當局"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāngjú",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "当局"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awtorita"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorita"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoriteit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"usually"
],
"word": "autoriteiten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gezag"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "overheid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "instanco"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "võim"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "viranomaiset"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorité"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelisupleba",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "ხელისუფლება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Autorität"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Behörde"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archés",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "αρχές"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rashuyot",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "רשויות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "hatóság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "szakhatóság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "felügyelet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "főfelügyelet"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "otoritas"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "údarás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorità"
},
{
"alt": "とうきょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōkyoku",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "当局"
},
{
"alt": "權力者",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwollyeokja",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "권력자"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "pihak berkuasa"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "adhikārikaḷ",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "അധികാരികൾ"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awtoritarju"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "awtoritarja"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "styresmakt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "styremakt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "styremakt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "styresmakt"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "aangoo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "władza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "autorități"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlastʹ",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "власть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlásti",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"usually"
],
"word": "вла́сти"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùghdarras"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avtoriteta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "policía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "autoridades"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "fuerzas del orden"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "mamlaka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "myndighet"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jâao-nâa-tîi",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"word": "เจ้าหน้าที่"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"plural",
"possibly"
],
"word": "salahiyetliler"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "yetkililer"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vláda",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вла́да"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "police or law enforcement collectively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awdurdod"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "gesaghebbende bron"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "autoritet"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heġinakutʻyun",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "հեղինակություն"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "aŭtarytét",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аўтарытэ́т"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poznaváč",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "познава́ч"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "avtoritét",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "авторите́т"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "權威"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quánwēi",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "权威"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awtorita"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorita"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoriteit"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "asjatundja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "asiantuntija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "auktoriteetti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Autorität"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afthentía",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αυθεντία"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "bar-samkha",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בר-סמכא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "tekintély"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "szaktekintély"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "údarás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autorità"
},
{
"alt": "けんい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ken'i",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "権威"
},
{
"alt": "權威者",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwonwija",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "권위자"
},
{
"alt": "權威",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwonwi",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "권위"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "kanoi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "autorytet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbiter"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "powaga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoritate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avtoritét",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "авторите́т"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùghdarras"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avtoriteta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "auktoritet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "bilirkişi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "uzman"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"word": "yetkili"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "avtorytét",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "авторите́т"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awdurdod"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oytoritet",
"sense": "reliable source of information on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אויטאָריטעט"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "myeoswaegyasyo",
"sense": "reliability, trustworthiness, or expertise",
"word": "며쇄갸쇼"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reliability, trustworthiness, or expertise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridad"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "administrácyja",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "адміністра́цыя"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kiraŭníctva",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кіраўні́цтва"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "laitos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Behörde"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "kormányzati hatóság"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "otoritas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "údarás"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "myeoswaegyasyo",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "며쇄갸쇼"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "penguasa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "pihak berkuasa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "manatū"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"word": "rangatōpū"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "administrácija",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "администра́ция"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upravlénije",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "управле́ние"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "myndighet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "administrácija",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "адміністра́ція"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "upravlínnja",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "управлі́ння"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kerivnýctvo",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "керівни́цтво"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "awdurdod"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "myeoswaegyasyo",
"sense": "permission or authorisation",
"word": "며쇄갸쇼"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "permission or authorisation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autoridad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "permission or authorisation",
"word": "autorización"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"authority"
],
"word": "authority"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": negiz vs. kadır-bark",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
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}
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