AUTHORIZE Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

authorize

verb

ˈȯ-thə-ˌrīz

Definition of authorize next

as in to enable

to give official or legal power to only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots

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as in to entitle

to give a right to this pass will authorize you to go backstage

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as in to approve

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards

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Recent Examples of authorize The person familiar, who was not authorized to speak on the record about the company’s plans, also confirmed to CNBC that the prediction markets app would not use actual money to trade on the platform, a contrast to other prediction markets where traders use cash to speculate on future events. —

Davis Giangiulio,stephen Desaulniers, CNBC, 23 June 2026 Weeks before the report was published, supervisors voted to authorize Board Chair Oscar Villegas and County Administrator Michael Webb to issue that statement on the county’s behalf immediately upon the report’s release. —

Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 And for citywide alerts, only OEM will be authorized to send. —

Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 23 June 2026 The $250,000 authorized by lawmakers for the celebration is being used for exhibit construction, staffing and travel. —

Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for authorize

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If approved by voters this fall, the noncitizen voting measure would enable the council to pass an ordinance allowing noncitizen residents of Los Angeles to vote in citywide and Los Angeles Unified school board elections.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
The malware infected the Network Driver Interface, which streamlined communications between network protocol drivers enabling service such as TCP/IP network adapter drivers.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026