Define authorities. authorities synonyms, authorities pronunciation, authorities translation, English dictionary definition of authorities. n.
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pl. au·thor·i·ties 1. a. The power to enforce laws, exact.
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An authority is someone with official responsibility for a particular area of activity: [ C ] government / church authorities The authorities are the police or other government officials: the authorities The authorities are the people who are in charge of everyone else. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
