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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesauthoritative
/əˈθɔːrəteɪtɪv/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Proceeding from an official source or someone in authority; commanding and self-confident.
"The historian wrote the most authoritative biography of Churchill."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin auctoritativus, from auctoritas (see authority).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "authoritative" is said worldwide
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faisant autorité
Transliteration: faisant autorité
"C'est l'ouvrage faisant autorité sur le sujet."
maßgeblich
Transliteration: massgeblich
"Dies ist das maßgebliche Buch über das Thema."
autorevole
Transliteration: autorevole
"Ha dato una risposta autorevole alla domanda."
autorizado
Transliteration: autorizado
"Es la fuente más autorizada sobre la historia local."
autoritativo
Transliteration: autoritativo
"Ele assumiu um tom autoritativo na reunião."
प्रामाणिक
Transliteration: pramaanik
"यह इस विषय पर सबसे प्रामाणिक पुस्तक है।"
权威的
Transliteration: quánwēi de
"这是一份权威的报告。"
권위 있는
Transliteration: gwonwi inneun
"그것은 그 분야에서 권위 있는 출처이다."
権威ある
Transliteration: ken'i aru
"それはその分野における権威ある資料だ。"
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