English noun: authorities |
| 1. | authorities (group) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
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| Samples | The government reduced taxes.
The matter was referred to higher authorities.
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| Synonyms | government, regime |
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| Broader (hypernym) | polity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ancien regime, authoritarian regime, authoritarian state, bureaucracy, court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, palace, papacy, pontificate, pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state, royal court, state, state government, stratocracy, totalitarian state, totalitation regime |
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| Part holonym | administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary, organisation, organization |
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| Member holonym | bench, division, executive, general assembly, government department, government officials, judiciary, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, officialdom |
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| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity |
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