authorization
Syllables: auth·or·i·zation/ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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British/ˌoːθəɹɑjˈzɛjʃən/
authorization noun: an act of authorizing.
Noun
authorization (countable and uncountable, plural authorizations)
- An act of authorizing.
- Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program1966, Education at Berkeley, page 116
- His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war1985 May, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 41, number 5, page 46
- Synonyms:
- assent, consent, sanction, accedence, accession, allowance, approbation, approval, assentment, OK
- The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
- I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.
- A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
- Can I see your authorization?
- Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
- We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.
authorization meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
authorization in Hindi
- act of authorizing
- अनुज्ञा anujñā
- state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere
- अधिकृत adhikŕt
authorization in Tamil
- அதிகாரமளிப்பு, அதிகாரம் வழங்கல், சட்டத்தோடு இயைந்த அதிகாரம் வழங்குதல்
authorization in Malayalam
- sanction, permission, consent
- അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തൽ, അനുമതി, അനുവാദം, അംഗീകരണം, അനുജ്ഞ, ഇണ്ടാസ്
authorization in Kannada
- ಅಧಿಕರಿಸುವುದು, ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಪತ್ರ
More languagesFewer languages
- authorization in Sanskrit
- मुद्रा mudrā
- authorization in Indonesian
- otorisasi
Examples of authorization in a sentence
- Its purpose is to govern the authorization of credit institutions and the provision of financial services throughout the EC.1990, Horst Ungerer, The European monetary system: developments and perspectives, page 36:
- She pushed buttons at a new, small oval kind of telescreen, quickly gathering together the high-level authorizations it had taken hours of preparation to collect.2002, Teresa Plowright, Dreams of an Unseen Planet:
Synonyms of authorization
8 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of authorization
| plural | authorizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | authorisation |
Origin of authorization
From authorize + -ation.
Words formed from authorization
Questions about authorization
- What does authorization mean?
- Authorization means an act of authorizing.
- What is authorization in Hindi?
- Authorization in Hindi is अनुज्ञा (anujñā), अधिकृत (adhikŕt). See Authorization meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use authorization in a sentence?
- Its purpose is to govern the authorization of credit institutions and the provision of financial services throughout the EC.
- What part of speech is authorization?
- Authorization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce authorization?
- Authorization is pronounced /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of authorization?
- The plural of authorization is authorizations.
Words near authorization in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: authorization (page history and authors); authorization (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); authorization (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); authorization (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मुद्रा (Sanskrit) (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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