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public authorities

public authorities is the plural of public authority.

Meaning of public authority

Noun

public authority (plural public authorities)

  1. Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
  2. In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the above without being run by public officials

Noun

public authorities pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The whole of such public authorities, the governmental administration in the widest sense
    Synonyms:
    the authorities

Synonyms of public authorities

  • the authorities

Questions about public authorities

What does public authorities mean?
Public authorities means the whole of such public authorities, the governmental administration in the widest sense.
What is public authorities the plural of?
Public authorities is the plural of public authority.
What part of speech is public authorities?
Public authorities is a noun.

Words near public authorities in the dictionary

  1. public address system
  2. public address systems
  3. public administration
  4. public art
  5. public assistance
  6. public authorities
  7. public authority
  8. public bodies
  9. public body
  10. public bookcase
  11. public bookcases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public authorities (page history and authors); public authority (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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