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Definition of: authoritative

(ə·thôrə·tā′tiv, ə·thor-) adjective
1. Possessing or proceeding from proper authority; duly sanctioned.
2. Exercising authority; positive; commanding; dictatorial. See synonyms under ABSOLUTE, AUTHENTIC, DOGMATIC, IMPERIOUS.
—au·thor′i·ta
tive·ly adverb
—au·thor′i·ta
tive·ness noun

Most often used phrases:

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Statistical data

"authoritative" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on city-data.com forum

"authoritative" has the frequency of use of 0.0005% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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