authorize
verb /ˈɔːθəraɪz/
/ˈɔːθəraɪz/
(British English also authorise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they authorize | /ˈɔːθəraɪz/ /ˈɔːθəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it authorizes | /ˈɔːθəraɪzɪz/ /ˈɔːθəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple authorized | /ˈɔːθəraɪzd/ /ˈɔːθəraɪzd/ |
| past participle authorized | /ˈɔːθəraɪzd/ /ˈɔːθəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form authorizing | /ˈɔːθəraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈɔːθəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- to give official permission for something, or for somebody to do something
- authorize something I can authorize payments up to £5 000.
- authorize somebody to do something I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.
- The soldiers were authorized to shoot at will.
Extra Examples- Taxes must be authorized by an Act of Parliament.
- The manager had expressly authorized the goods to be removed.
- She tried to break into a security file for which she was not authorized.
- The Queen authorized her press secretary to demand an apology.
- The police were authorized to record his phone conversations.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuthorize is used with these nouns as the subject:- congress
- law
- president
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French autoriser, from medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor, from augere ‘increase, originate, promote’.