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autoritate
authority /a.u.to.ri.taˈte/
noun#2584 most common
Also: the authorities (plural, as institution), power to command
Example sentences
Profesorul are autoritate în clasă.
The teacher has authority in the classroom.
Poliția reprezintă autoritatea statului.
The police represent the authority of the state.
Autoritățile locale au decis să închidă drumul.
The local authorities decided to close the road.
El vorbește cu multă autoritate despre acest subiect.
He speaks with great authority about this subject.
Autoritatea sa morală a fost pusă la îndoială după scandal.
His moral authority was called into question after the scandal.
Guvernul a delegat autoritatea decizională către autoritățile regionale, fapt ce a stârnit controverse.
The government delegated decision-making authority to the regional authorities, a move that stirred controversy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | autoritate | autorități |
| Genitive | autorități | autorităților |
| Accusative | autoritate | autorități |
| Vocative | autoritate | autorități |
Word family
autoritarauthoritarian, domineering
autoritarismauthoritarianism
a autorizato authorize
autorizațieauthorization, permit
autorauthorEtymology
Autoritate came into Romanian from French autorité, which traces back to Latin auctoritas, auctoritatis. The Latin noun derives from auctor, meaning one who originates or increases something, itself from the verb augere, to increase or make grow. The sense shifted from the standing of an originator to the power to command or the right to be obeyed.
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