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auth.

auth. is the abbreviation of authentic.

auth. is the abbreviation of authorized.

auth. is the abbreviation of author.

auth. is the abbreviation of authority.

auth. is the abbreviation of authorize.

Meaning of authentic

Adjective

authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)

  1. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
    • The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
  2. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
    • an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information
  3. Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note.
  4. Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic.
  5. (obsolete) Authoritative.
    • [T]here they find Ignatius, and then they beleeve him not for his ovvn Authority, but for a truths ſake, vvhich they derive from elſ vvhere: to vvhat end then ſhould they cite him as authentick for Epiſcopacie, vvhen they cannot knovv vvhat is authentick in him, but by the judgement vvhich they...1641 June or July, [John Milton], Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and Whither It may be Deduc’d from the Apostolical Times by Vertue of Those Testimonies which are Alledg’d to that Purpose in Some Late...

Meaning of authorized

Adjective

authorized (not comparable)

  1. Explicitly allowed.
    • authorized access
    Synonyms:
    permitted, allowed

Noun capitalized: Auth.

Auth.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of authority.

Words formed from auth.

Questions about auth.

What is auth. the abbreviation of?
Auth. is the abbreviation of authentic.
What part of speech is auth.?
Auth. is a noun.

Words near auth. in the dictionary

  1. auteurists
  2. auteurs
  3. auteurship
  4. autexousious
  5. auth
  6. auth.
  7. Auth. Ver.
  8. authalic
  9. Authbert
  10. authcom
  11. authcoms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: auth. (page history and authors); Auth. (page history and authors); authentic (page history and authors); authorized (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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