authorization

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

Also spelled authorisation

US /ˌɔθɚrɪˈzeɪʃən/ UK /ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
official permission or sanction to do something

You need written authorization to access the archive.

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Synonyms

1 noun · official permission or... permission approval sanction consent permit license warrant clearance

Opposites

prohibition ban refusal denial veto

Word family

Related forms authorize authorized authority author

Etymology

From authorize + -ation. Authorize derives via Old French autoriser from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor ('author, originator').

auctor Latin augere Latin

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# authorization

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɔθɚrɪˈzeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. official permission or sanction to do something

## Examples
- You need written authorization to access the archive.

## Synonyms
- permission
- approval
- sanction
- consent
- permit
- license
- warrant
- clearance

## Antonyms
- prohibition
- ban
- refusal
- denial
- veto

## Related Forms
- authorize
- authorized
- authority
- author

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: auctor
- Root: augere

## Etymology
From authorize + -ation. Authorize derives via Old French autoriser from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor ('author, originator').

## AI Etymology
Authorization is from authorize + -ation. Authorize derives via Old French autoriser from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor ('author, originator'). In present-day use, it means official permission or sanction to do something. Related vocabulary includes authorize, authorized, authority, and author.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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