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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
authoritative /ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪtɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 reliable because true or accurate: an authoritative source.
- 2 commanding and self-confident.
- 3 supported by authority.
– derivatives
authoritatively adverb,
authoritativeness noun.
authoritatively adverb,
authoritativeness noun.
'authoritative' also found in these Oxford entries:
authority
- barrack-room lawyer
- Bible
- breve
- canonical
- canonize
- command
- definitive
- deliverance
- determination
- dictum
- directive
- Doctor of the Church
- father
- fatwa
- horse
- imperative
- imprimatur
- injunction
- law
- locus classicus
- order
- ordinance
- prescription
- pronouncement
- receive
- ruling
- set
- standard
- Sunna
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