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# authorisation

noun (authorisation, authorisations); US spelling: authorization

«authorisation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Official permission to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#m1)
2. A document or code that gives that permission. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in school (a note giving authorisation for a trip), adult life (banks, passwords, payments) and safety (only staff with authorisation may enter). It tells the reader someone has been allowed. Phrases: without authorisation, give authorisation, authorisation code, written authorisation.

### Examples

- You need your parents' authorisation to go on the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x1)
- No entry without authorisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x2)
- The bank sent an authorisation code to Mum's phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x3)
- Only staff with authorisation can open this door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x4)
- The head gave authorisation for the fire drill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x5)
- He used the computer without authorisation and got in trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x6)
- Please sign this form to give your authorisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/#x7)

### Note

UK, Australia, NZ spelling often -isation; US and Canada -ization. Verb: authorise/authorize. Similar: permission, approval. Countable for documents (authorisations), uncountable for the idea.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «authorisation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorisation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«authorisation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/authorisation.html) on Mova free.