the group of people with official legal power to make decisions or make people obey the laws in a particular area, such as the police or a local government department:I'm going to report these potholes to the authorities. Thêm các ví dụ

• A good teacher has an easy authority over a class.
• Our new administrator seems to be trying to stamp her authority on every aspect of the department.
• The prime minister succeeded in surviving the challenge to his authority.
• He has no respect for authority whatsoever.
• Children challenge their parents' authority far more nowadays than they did in the past.
• @ngock9cute 
• #hoidap247

Một số định nghĩa của ''authority'':

* The moral or legal right or ability to control

* A group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity

* The power to control or demand obedience from others: