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- DictionaryAu·thor·ize/ˈôTHəˌrīz/
verb
- 1. give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent): "the government authorized further aircraft production"
To authorize is to give official approval or clearance for something. Authorizing can also delegate power to someone. Authorities are people with power, and to authorize is to use or grant some of that power to another. A visa authorizes you to visit a specific country.
2 days ago · to give power or authority to; empower; commission. 3. to give justification for; warrant. SYNONYMY NOTE: authorize implies the giving of power or right to act, ranging in application from a specific legal power to discretionary powers in dealings of any kind; to commission a person is to authorize as well as instruct to perform a certain duty ...
verb. /ˈɔθəˌraɪz/. [often passive] Verb Forms. to give official permission for something, or for someone to do something authorize something I can authorize payments up to $5,000. an authorized biography authorize somebody to do something I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.
1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for (something); sanction: the city agency that authorizes construction projects. [Middle English auctorisen, from Old French autoriser, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor, author; see author .] au′thor·iz′er n. Synonyms: authorize, accredit, commission, empower, license.
3 days ago · (ɔθəraɪz ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense authorizes, present participle authorizing, past tense, past participle authorized regional note: in BRIT, also use authorise. transitive verb. If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
verb (used with object), au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing. to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders. to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco. to establish by authority or usage: an arrangement long authorized by etiquette books.
to give official permission for something. be authorized to do sth. to be officially allowed to do something: Only managers are authorized to sign expense forms. authorization. noun [ U ] uk / ˌɔːθ ə raɪˈzeɪʃ ə n / us. (Definition of authorize from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of authorize.
