authorize

English

Alternative forms

authorise (British)
authourize (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor.See author about the orthography with <h>.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/
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(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/
Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

authorize (third-person singular simple present authorizes, present participle authorizing, simple past and past participle authorized)

(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
(transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
The judge authorized the wiretapping.

Derived terms

deauthorize, deauthorise
authorization, authorisation
unauthorized, unauthorised

Translations

to grant power or permission

Albanian: autorizoj (sq), lejoj (sq)
Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: упълномощавам (bg) (upǎlnomoštavam), разрешавам (bg) (razrešavam), одобрявам (bg) (odobrjavam)
Catalan: autoritzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 授權 (zh), 授权 (zh) (shòuquán)
Danish: bemyndige, befuldmægtige
Dutch: machtigen (nl)
Estonian: volitama, lubama
Finnish: valtuuttaa (fi), antaa lupa
French: autoriser (fr)
Galician: autorizar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: autorisieren (de), berechtigen (de), befugen (de), ermächtigen (de), bevollmächtigen (de)

Hebrew: הסמיך‎ (hismíkh)
Hungarian: felhatalmaz (hu), feljogosít (hu), meghatalmaz (hu)
Interlingua: autorisar
Interlingue: autorisar
Italian: autorizzare (it)
Maori: whakamana
Norwegian: bemyndige, gi fullmakt
Portuguese: autorizar (pt), deixar (pt)
Russian: уполномо́чивать (ru) impf (upolnomóčivatʹ), уполномо́чить (ru) pf (upolnomóčitʹ), авторизо́вывать (ru) impf (avtorizóvyvatʹ), авторизова́ть (ru) pf (avtorizovátʹ), одобря́ть (ru) impf (odobrjátʹ), одо́брить (ru) pf (odóbritʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: autorizírati (sh), ovlástiti (sh)
Slovene: pooblastiti pf, pooblaščati impf
Spanish: autorizar (es)
Swedish: auktorisera (sv), bemyndiga, befullmäktiga

to permit

Finnish: antaa lupa, myöntää lupa, sallia (fi)
French: autoriser (fr)
Hungarian: engedélyez (hu)

Interlingue: autorisar
Italian: autorizzare (it)
Maori: whakamana

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: machtigen (nl), vergunnen (nl), authoriseren

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} rajtigi