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AUTHORITATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sanctioned by established authority
Example:
the authorized biography
Synonyms:
authorised; authoritative; authorized
Classified under:
Similar:
official (having official authority or sanction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having authority or ascendancy or influence
Example:
the captain's authoritative manner
Synonyms:
authoritative; important
Classified under:
Similar:
influential (having or exercising influence or power)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of recognized authority or excellence
Example:
the definitive work on Greece
Synonyms:
authoritative; definitive
Classified under:
Similar:
standard (established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence)
Context examples:
Acceptance as satisfactory by an authoritative body; established by authority; given authoritative approval.
(Approval, NCI Thesaurus)
Indicates the person or authoritative body who made an amendment.
(Amended By, NCI Thesaurus)
Indicates the person or authoritative body who has given approval.
(Approved By, NCI Thesaurus)
An extract or quotation from or reference to an authoritative source, e.g. a book or author, used, for example, to support an idea, theory, or argument.
(Citation, NCI Thesaurus)
A federal agency that uses science to explore complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices, trains CAM researchers, and provides authoritative information about CAM to professionals and the public.
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NCI Dictionary)
She was not rendered formidable by silence; but whatever she said was spoken in so authoritative a tone, as marked her self-importance, and brought Mr. Wickham immediately to Elizabeth's mind; and from the observation of the day altogether, she believed Lady Catherine to be exactly what he represented.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Miss Crawford had protected her only for the time; and if she were applied to again among themselves with all the authoritative urgency that Tom and Maria were capable of, and Edmund perhaps away, what should she do?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She has the reputation of being remarkably sensible and clever; but I rather believe she derives part of her abilities from her rank and fortune, part from her authoritative manner, and the rest from the pride for her nephew, who chooses that everyone connected with him should have an understanding of the first class.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Self consciously, with his authoritative arms breaking the way, we pushed through the still gathering crowd, passing a hurried doctor, case in hand, who had been sent for in wild hope half an hour ago.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
