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authority
English
Alternative forms
- authourity, authoritie, autority, auctoritie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auct?rit?s (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???????ti/, /???????ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /??????ti/, /??????ti/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /???t???ti/
- Hyphenation: au?thor?i?ty
- Rhymes: -???ti
Noun
authority (countable and uncountable, plural authorities)
- (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
- (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
- 1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman
- To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.
- 1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman
- Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.
- New York Port Authority
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- have something on good authority
References
- authority at OneLook Dictionary Search
- authority in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- authority in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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region
English
Etymology
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?j??n, IPA(key): /??i?d??n?/
- Rhymes: -i?d??n
Noun
region (plural regions)
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
- Ellipsis of administrative region
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
- (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Derived terms
- region-wide, regionwide
Related terms
Translations
References
- region in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.
Anagrams
- Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)
- region
Inflection
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?. Doublet of regio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [re??i?n]
- Hyphenation: ré?gi?on
Noun
region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)
- region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- Synonyms: daerah, kawasan
Related terms
Further reading
- “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
region (plural regiones)
- region
Ladin
Alternative forms
- raion
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region
Middle English
Noun
region
- Alternative form of regioun
Middle French
Etymology
Latin regi?.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region (area, district, etc.)
Descendants
- French: région
- ? Romanian: regiune
References
- region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin regi?.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region
Related terms
- regional
Polish
Etymology
From German Region, from Latin regi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r???.j?n/
Noun
region m inan
- region, area, district
- Synonyms: rejon, obszar, dzielnica, obwód, kraina
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- region in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- r?gija (Croatia)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
regì?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) region
- (Croatia, derogatory) the area of former Yugoslavia
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio.
Noun
region c
- region, area
Declension
Related terms
- regional
- regionförbund
- stödregion
- Västra Götalandsregionen
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