Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɔːˈθɒɹɪˌteɪtɪv/, /ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪv/
- (America) IPA: /əˈθɔɹɪˌteɪtɪv/, /ɔˈθɔɹɪˌteɪtɪv/, /əˈθɑɹɪˌteɪtɪv/, /ɔˈθɑɹɪˌteɪtɪv/, /əˈθɔɹɪtətɪv/, /ɔˈθɔɹɪtətɪv/, /əˈθɑɹɪtətɪv/, /ɔˈθɑɹɪtətɪv/
authoritative
- Arising or originating from a figure of authority
- The authoritative rules in this school come not from the headmaster but from the aged matron.
- Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority
- This book is the world's most authoritative guide to insect breeding habits.
- Having a commanding style.
- He instructed us in that booming, authoritative voice of his.
- (highly accurate) definitive; precise, proper
- (from a position of authority) of record
- German: autoritativ, offiziell
- Italian: autorevole
- Portuguese: autoritário
- Russian: официа́льный
- Spanish: autoritativo, oficial
- German: vorherrschend (of an opinion or view), maßgebend (of a scholarly work or medium), maßgeblich (of someone’s or an institution’s reputation or influence), führend (of an institution, medium, or work), tonangebend (of someone or an institution of authority)
- Italian: autoritario
- Portuguese: autoritário, autoritativo
- Russian: авторите́тный
- Spanish: fidedigno, autorizado
- German: gebieterisch
- Portuguese: autoritário
- Russian: вла́стный
- Spanish: autoritario
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