Meaning
- (verb) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something). “The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.”
- (verb) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something). “The judge authorized the wiretapping.”
Letter breakdown
- Authorizes contains 10 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 10 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 22.
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with AUT
- authentic
- authentically
- authenticate
- authenticated
- authenticates
- authenticating
- authentication
- authentications
- authenticity
- author
- authored
- authoring
- authoritarian
- authoritarians
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- authorities
- authority
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Words ending with ZES
Words from these letters
- authorize
- hoariest
- thesauri
- authors
- earshot
- hastier
- haziest
- hirsute
- outsize
- zithers
- arouse
- ashier
- ashore
- author
- azures
- earths
- ersatz
- haters
- hazier
- hearts
- hiatus
- hoarse
- orates
- others
- ouster
- ratios
- routes
- satire
- sortie
- suitor
- theirs
- throes
- zeroth
- zither
- arise
- arose
- aster
- astir
- autos
- azure
- earth
- ethos
- euros
- hairs
- hares
- harts
- haste
- hater
- hates
- hazes
- hears
- heart
- heats
- heirs
- heist
- heros
- hertz
- hires
- hoist
Reader questions
What does Authorizes mean?
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
How many letters are in Authorizes?
Authorizes has 10 letters.
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