authorize

English

Alternative forms

• authorise (British)
• authourize (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with <h>.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

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

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

2. (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

   The judge authorized the wiretapping.

Derived terms

• deauthorize, deauthorise
• authorization, authorisation
• unauthorized, unauthorised

Translations

to grant power or permission

• Albanian: autorizoj (sq), lejoj (sq)
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: упълномощавам (bg) (upǎlnomoštavam), разрешавам (bg) (razrešavam), одобрявам (bg) (odobrjavam)
• Catalan: autoritzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 授權／授权 (zh) (shòuquán), 授权 (zh) (shòuquán)

• Danish: bemyndige, 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)
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• Hebrew: הסמיך (hismíkh)
• Hungarian: felhatalmaz (hu), feljogosít (hu), meghatalmaz (hu)
• Interlingua: autorisar
• Interlingue:
• Italian: autorizzare (it)
• Maori: whakamana
• Norwegian: bemyndige, gi fullmakt
• 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, befullmäktiga

to permit

• Finnish: antaa lupa, myöntää lupa, sallia (fi)
• French: autoriser (fr)
• Hungarian: engedélyez (hu)
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: autorizzare (it)
• Maori: whakamana

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