authorization

Other forms of authorization

plural

authorizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about authorization

What does authorization mean?

authorization means "a document giving an official instruction or command". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in authorization?

authorization has 5 syllables: au-tho-ri-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌɔθɚəˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for authorization?

Close synonyms include mandate, authorisation, authority, authorisation, potency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is authorization a common word?

authorization is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with authorization?

94 words rhyme with authorization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.