exert authority

exert authority
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  • exert authority — exercise power or influence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Authority — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Authority >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 authority authority Sgm: N 1 influence influence patronage power preponderance credit prestige prerogative jurisdiction Sgm: N 1 right right …   English dictionary for students

  • exert */ — UK [ɪɡˈzɜː(r)t] / US [ɪɡˈzɜrt] verb [transitive] Word forms exert : present tense I/you/we/they exert he/she/it exerts present participle exerting past tense exerted past participle exerted formal 1) to use influence, authority, or power in order …   English dictionary

  • exert — ex|ert [ ıg zɜrt ] verb transitive FORMAL * 1. ) to use influence, authority, or power in order to affect or achieve something: exert influence/pressure/control: A well funded national organization would be able to exert more influence in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • authority — noun 1 (often authorities) people with responsibility for making decisions ADJECTIVE ▪ central, district, federal, local, municipal, regional ▪ government, pu …   Collocations dictionary

  • exert — [[t]ɪgzɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] exerts, exerting, exerted 1) VERB If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect. [FORMAL] [V n] He exerted… …   English dictionary

  • exert — verb Exert is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attraction, ↑authority, ↑control, ↑dominance, ↑effect, ↑effort, ↑fascination, ↑force, ↑impact, ↑influence, ↑leverage, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

  • exert — [ɪgˈzɜːt] verb [T] formal to use influence, authority, or strength in order to affect or achieve something • exert yourself to use a lot of physical or mental effort[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • United States security assistance to the Palestinian Authority — (PA) has been provided since the Palestinian Authority was established by the Oslo Accords in the mid 1990s. The security assistance was given on an ad hoc basis and often covert at the outset. Since 2005 the U.S. State Department has… …   Wikipedia

  • Loving Female Authority — (LFA) is a belief system and way of life which combines elements of feminist sociological theories and philosophies with Dominance and submission (or D/s ) sexual practices that are rooted in a BDSM type of Female dominance (or FemDom ) emphasis …   Wikipedia

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