n.
control
power
1) to assume; delegate; demonstrate, show; establish; exercise, wield; invoke ~
2) to defy; deny, reject; undermine ~
3) absolute, complete, full, supreme, unquestioned; parental ~
4) ~ for; over (he assumed ~ for overseas operations; a commanding officer has complete ~ over her personnel)
5) in ~ (who was in ~?)
6) of ~ (a man, woman of ~)
7) under smb.'s ~ (these employees are under my ~)
legal power
authorization
8) to abuse, overstep one's ~
9) legal; ministerial; presidential; reviewing ( mil .); royal ~
10) by, on smb.'s ~ (by whose ~ were these funds spent? she did it on her own ~)
11) the ~ to + inf. (the police had the ~ to conduct a search)
expert
source
12) to cite, invoke an ~
13) a competent, reliable; indisputable, irrefutable, unimpeachable, unquestioned; leading, respected ~; the greatest living ~
14) an ~ on (an outstanding ~ on shipbuilding)
15) on ~ (on good ~; on the highest ~)