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(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.

I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.
She lost all her respect and authority after turning up drunk to the meeting.
Respect my authority!
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.
The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.
the world's foremost authority on orangutans
To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.
The authorities have ordered the population to stay indoors during the emergency.
the authorities

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