"authorize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/ [US], /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/ [US], /ˈɒθəɹaɪz/ [Canada], /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/ [Canada], /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-authorize.ogg [US] Forms: authorizes [present, singular, third-person], authorizing [participle, present], authorized [participle, past], authorized [past]
Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with . Doublet of octroy. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ewg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|auctorisen}} Middle English auctorisen, {{der|en|fro|auctorisier}} Old French auctorisier, {{der|en|ML.|auctorizare}} Medieval Latin auctorizare, {{der|en|la|auctor}} Latin auctor, {{m|en|author}} author, {{doublet|en|octroy}} Doublet of octroy Head templates: {{en-verb}} authorize (third-person singular simple present authorizes, present participle authorizing, simple past and past participle authorized)
  1. (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Synonyms: license, permit, authorise (english: non-Oxford British English), authourize [rare] Derived forms: authorization, authorisation, unauthorized, unauthorised Translations (to grant power or permission): autorizoj (Albanian), lejoj (Albanian), упаўнава́жваць (upaŭnavážvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), упаўнава́жыць (upaŭnavážycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), упълномощавам (upǎlnomoštavam) (Bulgarian), разрешавам (razrešavam) (Bulgarian), одобрявам (odobrjavam) (Bulgarian), autoritzar (Catalan), 授權 (Chinese Mandarin), 授权 (shòuquán) (Chinese Mandarin), bemyndige (Danish), autorisere (Danish), befuldmægtige (Danish), machtigen (Dutch), volitama (Estonian), lubama (Estonian), valtuuttaa (Finnish), antaa lupa (Finnish), autoriser (French), autorizar (Galician), autorisieren (German), berechtigen (German), befugen (German), ermächtigen (German), bevollmächtigen (German), הסמיך (hismíkh) (Hebrew), felhatalmaz (Hungarian), feljogosít (Hungarian), meghatalmaz (Hungarian), autorisar (Interlingua), autorizzare (Italian), 公認する (kōnin suru) (Japanese), 許可する (kyoka suru) (Japanese), 허가하다 (heogahada) (Korean), whakamana (Maori), bemyndige (Norwegian), gi fullmakt (Norwegian), autorizar (Occitan), autorizar (Portuguese), deixar (Portuguese), уполномо́чивать (upolnomóčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уполномо́чить (upolnomóčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), авторизо́вывать (avtorizóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), авторизова́ть (avtorizovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), одо́брить (odóbritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), autorizírati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ovlástiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pooblastiti [perfective] (Slovene), pooblaščati [imperfective] (Slovene), autorizar (Spanish), auktorisera (Swedish), bemyndiga (Swedish), befullmäktiga (Swedish), уповнова́жувати (upovnovážuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), уповнова́жити (upovnovážyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), אויטאָריזירן (oytorizirn) (Yiddish) Translations (to permit): antaa lupa (Finnish), myöntää lupa (Finnish), sallia (Finnish), autoriser (French), eine Erlaubnis erteilen für (German), eine Befugnis erteilen für (German), engedélyez (Hungarian), autorizzare (Italian), 許可する (kyoka suru) (Japanese), whakamana (Maori)

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "machtigen"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "volitama"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "lubama"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "antaa lupa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "autorisieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "berechtigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "befugen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "ermächtigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "bevollmächtigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hismíkh",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "הסמיך"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "felhatalmaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "feljogosít"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "meghatalmaz"
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        {
          "code": "ia",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "autorisar"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
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        {
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "kōnin suru",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "公認する"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
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          "word": "許可する"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "heogahada",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "허가하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "whakamana"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "bemyndige"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "gi fullmakt"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "autorizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "autorizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "deixar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уполномо́чивать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уполномо́чить"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtorizóvyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "авторизо́вывать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtorizovátʹ",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "авторизова́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odobrjátʹ",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "одобря́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odóbritʹ",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "одо́брить"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "autorizírati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ovlástiti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pooblastiti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pooblaščati"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "autorizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "auktorisera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "bemyndiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "befullmäktiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "upovnovážuvaty",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уповнова́жувати"
        },
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          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oytorizirn",
          "sense": "to grant power or permission",
          "word": "אויטאָריזירן"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to permit",
          "word": "antaa lupa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to permit",
          "word": "myöntää lupa"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "sallia"
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          "sense": "to permit",
          "word": "autoriser"
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          "word": "eine Erlaubnis erteilen für"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to permit",
          "word": "eine Befugnis erteilen für"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "engedélyez"
        },
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      "expansion": "author",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "octroy"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of octroy",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor.\nSee author about the orthography with . Doublet of octroy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "authorizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authorizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authorized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "authorized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "authorize (third-person singular simple present authorizes, present participle authorizing, simple past and past participle authorized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ban"
        },
        {
          "word": "prohibit"
        },
        {
          "word": "deauthorize"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English forms",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewg-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -ize",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Oxford spellings",
        "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪz"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The judge authorized the wiretapping.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grant",
          "grant"
        ],
        [
          "permission",
          "permission"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "sanction",
          "sanction"
        ],
        [
          "consent",
          "consent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "license"
        },
        {
          "word": "permit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "English",
        "Oxford",
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔθəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑθəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒθəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑθəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-authorize.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/En-us-authorize.ogg/En-us-authorize.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/En-us-authorize.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "non-Oxford British English",
      "word": "authorise"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "authourize"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorizoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "lejoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "upaŭnavážvacʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "упаўнава́жваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "upaŭnavážycʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "упаўнава́жыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upǎlnomoštavam",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "упълномощавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razrešavam",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "разрешавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "odobrjavam",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "одобрявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autoritzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "授權"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòuquán",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "授权"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "bemyndige"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "befuldmægtige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "machtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "volitama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "lubama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "valtuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "antaa lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autoriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "berechtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "befugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "ermächtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "bevollmächtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hismíkh",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "הסמיך"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "felhatalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "feljogosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "meghatalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōnin suru",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "公認する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyoka suru",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "許可する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heogahada",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "허가하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "whakamana"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "bemyndige"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "gi fullmakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уполномо́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уполномо́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtorizóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "авторизо́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtorizovátʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "авторизова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odobrjátʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "одобря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odóbritʹ",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "одо́брить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "autorizírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ovlástiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pooblastiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pooblaščati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "autorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "auktorisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "bemyndiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "befullmäktiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "upovnovážuvaty",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уповнова́жувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "upovnovážyty",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уповнова́жити"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oytorizirn",
      "sense": "to grant power or permission",
      "word": "אויטאָריזירן"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "antaa lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "myöntää lupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "sallia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "autoriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "eine Erlaubnis erteilen für"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "eine Befugnis erteilen für"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "engedélyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "autorizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyoka suru",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "許可する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to permit",
      "word": "whakamana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "authorize"
}

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