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Get to know Authoritative better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like important or influential.

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Authoritative in a sentence

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Authoritative | Authoritatively | Authoritativeness

Authoritative meaning

  1. Arising or originating from a figure of authority.
  2. Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.
  3. Having a commanding style.

Synonyms of Authoritative

important influential classical definitive standard authorized authorised official

Related words

Other words often associated with Authoritative or its synonyms:

approved lawful commissioned empowered regular canonized licenced accredited glorified sanctioned licensed canonised

Using Authoritative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Arising or originating from a figure of authority. | Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority. | Having a commanding style.
  • Useful related words include: important, influential, classical, definitive.
  • In the example corpus, authoritative often appears in combinations such as: an authoritative, the authoritative, most authoritative.

Context around Authoritative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

scholarly 1× sister 1× longer 1× casually 1× different 1× driven 1×

Often after:

sources 3× answer 2× texts 1× routine 1× translation 1× reporter 1× international 1× information 1× figures 1× news 1×

Sentence patterns with Authoritative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are not authoritative for the 1× at least authoritative 1× authoritative and scholarly 1× authoritative answer a 1× authoritative sources told 1× bavuma was authoritative up top 1× be scholarly authoritative or i 1× brother sister authoritative 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and though his 1× authoritative and scholarly 1× authoritative answer a 1× authoritative sources told 1× biles closed the 1× damasus for example 1×

Common sentence endings:

amplified its voice 1× and careful annotation 1× as the vulgate 1× at least authoritative 1× authoritative kuperman said 1× be on science 1×

Words around Authoritative

Just before it in the word index:

authoritarians 36 authoritarianism 130 authoritarian 643 authorising 45 authorises 8 authorised 394

Just after it in the word index:

authoritatively 24 authoritativeness 2 authorities 12.429 authority 9.290 authoritycontrolcheck 2 authorization 667

Similar in corpus frequency:

bearer 327 bolstered 327 cemented 327 cohesion 327 colonization 327 disappearing 327

Corpus analysis for Authoritative

  • In this selection, "authoritative" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scholarly, sister, longer, sources, answer and texts stand out and add context to how "authoritative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are not authoritative for the and at least authoritative. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "authoritative" sits close to words such as bearer, bolstered and cemented, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with authoritative

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

That 2009 study is “objective and authoritative,” Kuperman said. (9 words)

Biles closed the meet with an authoritative routine on floor exercise. (11 words)

He was an authoritative reporter who cared about his community and amplified its voice. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Authoritative sources told SaharaReporters that Yari was implicated by the detained governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, who alleged that the former governor received N45billion from the CBN to fund Buhari’s reelection in 2019. (38 words)

Damasus, for example, regulated the more or less spontaneous transition from the Greek to the Latin liturgical language by suggesting an authoritative translation of the Septuagint — thus creating what later became known as the Vulgate. (35 words)

South Africa never let the run-rate spiral and Bavuma was authoritative up top with 109 from 102 deliveries before Miller’s expertise at the death helped the Proteas home with five wickets to spare. (35 words)

Question examples

Should it be scholarly authoritative or I’m explaining something to a younger brother/sister authoritative? (16 words)

Example sentences (20)

Authoritative answer A name server indicates that its response is authoritative by setting the Authoritative Answer (AA) bit in the response to a query on a name for which it is authoritative.

Should it be scholarly authoritative or I’m explaining something to a younger brother/sister authoritative?

Authoritative and scholarly edition containing Common Sense, the essays comprising the American Crisis series, Rights of Man, The Age of Reason, Agrarian Justice, and selected briefer writings, with authoritative texts and careful annotation.

In consequence the Bible came to be seen as authoritative on matters of faith and morals but no longer authoritative (or meant to be) on science.

Recursive name servers resolve any query they receive, even if they are not authoritative for the question being asked, by consulting the server or servers that are authoritative for the question.

And though his promises may be legally problematic, they sound correct to many Republicans — or at least authoritative.

Authoritative sources told SaharaReporters that Yari was implicated by the detained governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, who alleged that the former governor received N45billion from the CBN to fund Buhari’s reelection in 2019.

Biles closed the meet with an authoritative routine on floor exercise.

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Damasus, for example, regulated the more or less spontaneous transition from the Greek to the Latin liturgical language by suggesting an authoritative translation of the Septuagint — thus creating what later became known as the Vulgate.

He also cautioned that two of the most authoritative sources for the number of Catholics have significant lags in their data.

He was an authoritative reporter who cared about his community and amplified its voice.

His offstage persona is fairly close to the stage one he favors — rumpled, excitable, mildly sardonic, casually authoritative.

In addition, active interaction of the two states through authoritative international structures, primarily the UN, was stressed.

It would “help support the provision of authoritative information to our community of more than 8.5 million Australians”, the TikTok note said.

Jones' deep and powerful voice has brought to life two different authoritative figures who have both become integral to popular culture.

Priding itself on its commitment to community-driven, authoritative news content and robust advertising solutions, the media company is recruiting for two positions within its energetic sales team specialising in telesales.

Rely on authoritative sources of information, such as your county emergency managers or the National Weather Service.

South Africa never let the run-rate spiral and Bavuma was authoritative up top with 109 from 102 deliveries before Miller’s expertise at the death helped the Proteas home with five wickets to spare.

That 2009 study is “objective and authoritative,” Kuperman said.

The midfielder has been so calm and authoritative in everything she has done today, but fires high and wide.

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Common combinations with authoritative

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "authoritative" in a sentence?
An example: "Authoritative answer A name server indicates that its response is authoritative by setting the Authoritative Answer (AA) bit in the response to a query on a name for which it is authoritative." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "authoritative" from authentic English texts.
What does "authoritative" mean?
Authoritative means: Arising or originating from a figure of authority.
What are synonyms of "authoritative"?
Common synonyms of "authoritative" include: important, influential, classical, definitive, standard, authorized, authorised, official.
How many example sentences with "authoritative" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "authoritative", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.