authorize

English

Alternative forms

• authorise (non-Oxford British English)
• authourize (rare)

Etymology

From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with <h>. Doublet of octroy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɒθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

authorize (third-person singular simple present authorizes, present participle authorizing, simple past and past participle authorized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

   Synonyms: license, permit

   Antonyms: ban, prohibit, deauthorize

   The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.

   The judge authorized the wiretapping.

Derived terms

• authorization, authorisation
• unauthorized, unauthorised

Translations

to grant power or permission

• Albanian: autorizoj (sq), lejoj (sq)
• Belarusian: упаўнава́жваць impf (upaŭnavážvacʹ), упаўнава́жыць pf (upaŭnavážycʹ)
• Bulgarian: упълномощавам (bg) (upǎlnomoštavam), разрешавам (bg) (razrešavam), одобрявам (bg) (odobrjavam)
• Catalan: autoritzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 授權／授权 (zh) (shòuquán)

• Danish: bemyndige, autorisere, befuldmægtige
• Dutch: machtigen (nl)
• Estonian: volitama, lubama
• Finnish: valtuuttaa (fi), antaa lupa
• French: autoriser (fr)
• Galician: autorizar (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: autorisieren (de), berechtigen (de), befugen (de), ermächtigen (de), bevollmächtigen (de)
• Hebrew: הסמיך (hismíkh)
• Hungarian: felhatalmaz (hu), feljogosít (hu), meghatalmaz (hu)
• Interlingua: autorisar
• Italian: autorizzare (it)
• Japanese: 公認する (ja) (kōnin suru), 許可する (ja) (kyoka suru)
• Korean: 허가하다 (ko) (heogahada)
• Maori: whakamana
• Norwegian: bemyndige, gi fullmakt
• Occitan: autorizar (oc)
• Portuguese: autorizar (pt), deixar (pt)
• Russian: уполномо́чивать (ru) impf (upolnomóčivatʹ), уполномо́чить (ru) pf (upolnomóčitʹ), авторизо́вывать (ru) impf (avtorizóvyvatʹ), авторизова́ть (ru) pf (avtorizovátʹ), одобря́ть (ru) impf (odobrjátʹ), одо́брить (ru) pf (odóbritʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: autorizírati (sh), ovlástiti (sh)

• Slovene: pooblastiti pf, pooblaščati impf
• Spanish: autorizar (es)
• Swedish: auktorisera (sv), bemyndiga (sv), befullmäktiga (sv)
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жувати impf (upovnovážuvaty), уповнова́жити pf (upovnovážyty)
• Yiddish: אויטאָריזירן (oytorizirn)

to permit

• Finnish: antaa lupa, myöntää lupa, sallia (fi)
• French: autoriser (fr)
• German: eine Erlaubnis erteilen für, eine Befugnis erteilen für
• Hungarian: engedélyez (hu)
• Italian: autorizzare (it)
• Japanese: 許可する (ja) (kyoka suru)
• Maori: whakamana

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: machtigen (nl), vergunnen (nl), authoriseren
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} rajtigi