authoritativeness
101authoritative — /ɔˈθɒrətətɪv/ (say aw thoruhtuhtiv), /ə / (say uh ) adjective 1. having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion. 2. having an air of authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial. –authoritatively,… …
102certainty — [n1] positive assurance all sewn up*, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup*, open and shut case*, positiveness,… …
103authoritative — ► ADJECTIVE 1) reliable because true or accurate. 2) commanding and self confident. 3) supported by authority; official. DERIVATIVES authoritatively adverb authoritativeness noun …
104authoritatively — authoritative ► ADJECTIVE 1) reliable because true or accurate. 2) commanding and self confident. 3) supported by authority; official. DERIVATIVES authoritatively adverb authoritativeness noun …
105allot — [ə lät′] vt. allotted, allotting [OFr aloter < a , to + loter < lot, lot, of Gmc orig.: see LOT] 1. to distribute by lot or in arbitrary shares; apportion 2. to give or assign as one s share [each speaker is allotted five minutes] SYN.… …
106authoritative — [ə thôr′ə tāt΄iv, əthär′ə tāt΄iv; ] also [, ə thôr′ə tə tiv΄, ə thär′ə tə tiv΄] adj. [ML auctoritativus] 1. having or showing authority; official 2. based on competent authority; reliable because coming from one who is an expert or properly… …
107judge — [juj] n. [ME juge < OFr < L judex, a judge, lit., one who points out the right < jus, law + dicere, to say, point out: see JURY1 & DICTION] 1. an elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of… …
108authoritative — adj. 1 being recognized as true or dependable. 2 (of a person, behaviour, etc.) commanding or self confident. 3 official; supported by authority (an authoritative document). Derivatives: authoritatively adv. authoritativeness n …
109BEN-ASHER, AARON BEN MOSES — (called Abu Saʿid in Arabic; first half of tenth century), last and most important of a family of masoretes active in Tiberias for five generations, from the second half of the eighth century. That Ben Asher lived in the first half of the tenth… …
110YIDDISH LANGUAGE — YIDDISH LANGUAGE, language used by Ashkenazi Jews for the past 1,000 years. Developed as an intricate fusion of several unpredictably modified stocks, the language was gradually molded to serve a wide range of communicative needs. As the society… …
