authorize (Meaning)

Wordnet

authorize (v)

grant authorization or clearance for

give or delegate power or authority to

Webster

authorize (v. t.)

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.

To justify; to furnish a ground for.

authorize Sentence Examples

  1. The CEO authorized the release of the financial reports.
  2. The bank authorized the transfer of funds to the recipient's account.
  3. The manager authorized the purchase of new equipment for the department.
  4. The court authorized the seizure of the property as evidence.
  5. The government authorized the entry of foreign troops into the country.
  6. The parent authorized the child to attend a school field trip.
  7. The board of directors authorized the CEO to negotiate a merger agreement.
  8. The doctor authorized the administration of medication to the patient.
  9. The principal authorized the absence of the student for a family emergency.
  10. The superintendent authorized the construction of a new school building.

FAQs About the word authorize

grant authorization or clearance for, give or delegate power or authority toTo clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empowe

empower,enable, allow, permit,qualify, entitle, warrant, charter, license, invest

impede, inhibit, prevent, deny,prevent, inhibit, impede, discourage, discourage, deny

The CEO authorized the release of the financial reports.

The bank authorized the transfer of funds to the recipient's account.

The manager authorized the purchase of new equipment for the department.

The court authorized the seizure of the property as evidence.