意味: 権威・権力
例文: Momo ignores all authority unless it brings tuna.
モモはツナをくれない限り、どんな権威も無視。
定義: 命令をするか、決定をする力または権利
コロケーション:
authorityは20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: the power or right to give orders or make decisions
Noun: (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
Noun: an expert whose views are taken as definitive
Noun: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
Noun: an administrative unit of government
Noun: official permission or approval
Noun: an authoritative written work
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun
Examples(例文)
Noun: he has the authority to issue warrants
Noun: deputies are given authorization to make arrests
Noun: a place of potency in the state
Noun: the authorities have issued a curfew
Noun: he is an authority on corporate law
Noun: his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
Noun: after that failure he lost his confidence
Noun: she spoke with authority
Noun: the Central Intelligence Agency
Noun: the Census Bureau
Noun: Office of Management and Budget
Noun: Tennessee Valley Authority
Noun: authority for the program was renewed several times
Noun: this book is the final authority on the life of Milton
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): agency, assurance, authorisation, authority, authorization, bureau, confidence, dominance, federal agency, government agency, office, potency, sanction, say-so, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
Antonyms(反意語):
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): administrative unit, book, certainty, control, expert, permission, person
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, ace, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, african, agency, agnostic, agronomist, all clear, all-rounder, amateur, amerindian, analyst, anatomist, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, antiquary, applicant, appointee, appointment book, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, arbiter, archaist, archer, aries, arrogator, assessee, assurance, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, bestiary, birth, biter, black, black belt, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, booklet, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cabalist, calculator, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, case, cashier, catalog, catechism, celebrant, censor, certitude, chameleon, changer, charmer, child, child welfare agency, chutzpanik, climatologist, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, committee, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer expert, computer user, consent, contemplative, contestant, convert, copybook, copycat, corporatism, cosmetologist, council, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, cripple, curiosa, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, dismissal, disputant, dissenter, divider, division, domestic partner, double, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, efficiency expert, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, exegete, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, female, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, formulary, free agent, friend, fugitive, gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, genealogist, gentile, geographer, good guy, good person, granter, green light, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, hold, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, horticulturist, huddler, hugger, immune, individualist, inhabitant, inland revenue, innocent, insured, intellectual, intelligence, international law enforcement agency, interpreter, introvert, investigator, iron fist, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, jurist, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, lapidary, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, leave, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, logician, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, masturbator, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, mnemonist, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutilator, mythologist, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, nerd, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, nude, nurser, observer, occultist, optimist, ordnance survey, orphan, ostrich, ouster, out-and-outer, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, pansexual, pardoner, parliamentarian, partner, party, pass, passer, past master, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, phrase book, picker, pisces, pisser, placement office, planner, playbook, player, pop-up book, posturer, powderer, prayer book, precursor, preserver, primitive, propositus, prosthetist, pteridologist, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redevelopment authority, redhead, reference book, registrant, regulatory agency, rein, relative, reliance, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, review copy, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, russian agency, sagittarius, scientist, scorpio, scout, scratcher, second-rater, secretariat, seeder, seeker, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, shark, shot, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, songbook, sort, sounding board, specialist, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, storybook, stranger, struggler, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, talent, tapper, taurus, technician, technocrat, tempter, termer, terror, testator, textbook, therapist, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, tome, totemist, toucher, trade book, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, united nations agency, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, veteran, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, weather bureau, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, workbook, worker, worldling, yawner, yearbook
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abrogator, advanced research and development activity, adviser, air force intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, allocator, approver, army intelligence, authority figure, authorizer, ballistic missile defense organization, bureau of customs, bureau of diplomatic security, bureau of engraving and printing, bureau of intelligence and research, bureau of justice assistance, bureau of justice statistics, bureau of the census, carte blanche, casualty care research center, center for disease control and prevention, civil authority, command, comptroller of the currency, connoisseur, counterterrorist center, defense advanced research projects agency, defense information systems agency, defense logistics agency, defense reutilization and marketing service, defense technical information center, department of defense laboratory system, department of energy intelligence, evaluator, executive agency, federal aviation agency, federal housing administration, financial management service, food and drug administration, foreign service, government accounting office, high priest, immigration and naturalization service, imperium, independent agency, internal revenue service, last word, law enforcement agency, liturgist, local authority, lordship, mandator, marine corps intelligence activity, master, muscle, national climatic data center, national geospatial-intelligence agency, national guard bureau, national institute of standards and technology, national institutes of health, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, national park service, national technical information service, national weather service, naval air warfare center weapons division, naval special warfare, naval surface warfare center, naval underwater warfare center, nonproliferation center, occupational safety and health administration, office of intelligence support, office of naval intelligence, organ, pasha, patent and trademark office database, power of appointment, sovereignty, technology administration, transportation security administration, united states air force, united states army, united states border patrol, united states coast guard, united states fish and wildlife service, united states government printing office, united states navy, united states public health service, upbraider, withdrawer
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: authorise, authorize, confident, dominate, official, potent, sanction, self-confident, sure
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: law
Usage Category: formal
Usage Context: business
Grammatical Notes:
countable noun
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞): ity
Exam Level
大学受験レベル
英検準2級
TOEIC500
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes
Movies(映画): Frozen
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes
Emotion Categories: positive, trust
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