Define authorities. authorities synonyms, authorities pronunciation, authorities translation, English dictionary definition of authorities. n. pl. au·thor·i·ties 1. a. The power to enforce laws, exact.
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:
authorities Definitions of authorities noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
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.
3 authorities [plural] : people who have power to make decisions and enforce rules and laws
THE AUTHORITIES meaning: 1. the group of people with official legal power to make decisions or make people obey the laws in.. Learn more.
