How to spell authorization

Authorization is spelled A-U-T-H-O-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.

hear itau·thor·i·za·tion/,ɔθərɪ'zeɪʃən/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: Official permission or approval.

In a sentence: The teacher gave us authorization to use the library computers.

Also spelled: authorisation (accepted as correct).

Same family: author, authorized, unauthorized, authority. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Authorization” comes from the Medieval Latin word “auctorizatio,” based on Latin “auctor,” meaning an originator or person who causes something. Over time, the idea of being the person who starts something shifted to the idea of having the official power to allow it.

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