adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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For many years scholars have tried to establish either the A or B text of the play as more authoritative .
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But as his presence increased, his manner took on a more and more authoritative tone.
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But probably more authoritative than you expected.
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A more authoritative voice from above, and dwindling noise, and an absence of glitter.
most
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The results provide the most authoritative and conclusive evidence to date of some enduring inequities in participation in such facilities.
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Perhaps the most authoritative Web site in the Stern universe is the one carefully maintained by Kevin Renzulli.
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The report has been welcomed by many legislators as the most authoritative and independent assessment of the old-growth timber industry ever prepared.
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That inquiry, the most authoritative ever carried out, favoured a local income tax.
■ NOUN
directive
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When this happens the authoritative directive does make a difference.
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Where there is a co-ordination problem the issuing of an authoritative directive can supply the missing link in the argument.
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Such authoritative directives provide the subjects with reasons which they did not have before.
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Since it gives one an additional reason to respect authoritative directives it affects all one's encounters with authority.
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Reasons which authoritative directives should, but fail to, reflect are none the less among the reasons which justify holding the directives binding.
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The last concerns the way the existence of a binding authoritative directive affects the reasoning of the subjects of the authority.
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It speaks of authoritative directives being based on or reflecting reasons which apply to their subjects in any case.
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But since not every authority is legitimate not every authoritative directive is a reason for action.
source
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Its consensus rulings have received widespread acceptance, establishing the body as an authoritative source of interpretation.
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Several authoritative sources provide very detailed guidance relative to what constitutes an acceptable accounting method.
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In the meantime, reliable and authoritative sources placed further blame on the Vincennes for the shooting down of the airbus.
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She wanted to hear it from an authoritative source .
statement
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In the business sector, the users' needs approach to accounting theory has been adopted in a number of authoritative statements .
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Such authoritative statements do not invite skepticism.
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That's because we are all impressed by authoritative statements spiced with statistics.
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A clear, authoritative statement of the new doctrine evolving is yet to be announced.
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There is no striving towards an authoritative statement .
voice
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Although everyone seems to have an opinion, it's not easy to find a clear, authoritative voice .
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Mr Viljoen, in particular, gives the Volksfront an authoritative voice .
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A more authoritative voice from above, and dwindling noise, and an absence of glitter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an authoritative biography of Theodore Roosevelt
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A clear, authoritative statement of the new doctrine evolving is yet to be announced.
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An authoritative energy-labelling system will assist them to do that.
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Bagehot's work continued to be regarded as an authoritative work long after the Constitution had undergone fundamental change.
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In common with Boyd's previous works the text is authoritative while at the same time highly readable.
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Not very imaginative, it amounted to a genuflection to Papini and his authoritative views.
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Soon an authoritative clinking of knife on wine-glass demands our attention.
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The results provide the most authoritative and conclusive evidence to date of some enduring inequities in participation in such facilities.