English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "gesag" is soos volg:Selfstandige naamwoord:Die mag of reg om bevele te gee, besluite te neem en gehoorsaamheid af te dwing; die vermoƫ om beheer of invloed oor ander uit te oefen. Voorbeeld: Die regering het gesag oor sy burgers en dwing wette af.'n Persoon of organisasie wat mag of beheer het in 'n bepaalde domein of gebied; 'n persoon of entiteit wat erken word vir hul kundigheid of kennis. Voorbeeld: Die professor is 'n gesaghebbende oor fisika en word hoogs gerespekteer in die wetenskaplike gemeenskap.Amptelike toestemming of goedkeuring; 'n formele magtiging of sanksie. Voorbeeld: Hy het magtiging van die stadsraad verkry om 'n nuwe brug te bou.Let wel: "Owerheid" kan ook as 'n byvoeglike naamwoord gebruik word, maar die algemeenste gebruik is as 'n selfstandige naamwoord om te verwys tot mag, beheer, kundigheid of toestemming.

Sentence Examples

  1. Not as a true Christian, but as a believer in a higher authority.
  2. A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
  3. This was a man confident in his own authority and who commanded power.
  4. Is their real aim to create an Islamic State led by religious authority or is it the same smokescreen employed by European countries during the Thirty Years war?
  5. But I gave orders to the novices with as much authority as I could summon.
  6. Mary he had always perceived as old, Catholic, unpopular, and merely a reminder of a bygone era, lacking support or the authority to direct anyone.
  7. OmniLab should never have put Ramiro into a position of authority.
  8. The disciples of the prophet had since redoubled their efforts, and resisted, by words at least, the authority of Congress.
  9. The man before him, who had seemed shifty and shiftless, now exuded natural authority.
  10. But never, Celestino has it on good authority, when it comes to filling the coffers of unscrupulous mayors.