Authorize and Elect

Authorize

Authorize verb - To give official or legal power to.

Elect and authorize are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Elect" instead a verb "Authorize".

Elect

Elect verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Authorize and elect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authorize" instead a verb "Elect".

Common collocations

team authorize team elect team
president authorize president elect president
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