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  • 1 authority

    [o:'Ɵorəti]
    plural - authorities; noun
    1) (the power or right to do something: He gave me authority to act on his behalf.) vald
    2) (a person who is an expert, or a book that can be referred to, on a particular subject: He is an authority on Roman history.) sérfræðingur
    3) ((usually in plural) the person or people who have power in an administration etc: The authorities would not allow public meetings.) valdhafar
    4) (a natural quality in a person which makes him able to control and influence people: a man of authority.) valdsmannslegur
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    - authoritative

    English-Icelandic dictionary > authority

  • 2 influence

    ['influəns] 1. noun
    1) (the power to affect people, actions or events: He used his influence to get her the job; He should not have driven the car while under the influence of alcohol.) áhrif
    2) (a person or thing that has this power: She is a bad influence on him.) áhrifavaldur
    2. verb
    (to have an effect on: The weather seems to influence her moods.) hafa áhrif á
    - influentially

    English-Icelandic dictionary > influence

  • 3 inert

    [i'nə:t]
    1) (without the power to move: A stone is an inert object.) hreyfingarlaus, líflaus
    2) ((of people) not wanting to move, act or think: lazy, inert people.) viljalaus, aðgerðalaus
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    - inertia

    English-Icelandic dictionary > inert

  • 4 backup

    1) (additional people who provide help when it is needed: The police officer requested some backup when the shooting began.)
    2) (a copy of a computer file that can be used in case the original is destroyed.)
    3) (( also adjective) a piece of equipment, a system etc that can be used when there is a problem with the original one: a backup plan; We have a backup generator in case the power fails.)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > backup

  • 5 censor

    ['sensə] 1. noun
    1) (an official who examines films etc and has the power to remove any of the contents which might offend people: Part of his film has been banned by the censor.) ritskoðandi
    2) (an official (eg in the army) who examines letters etc and removes information which the authorities do not wish to be made public for political reasons etc.) ritskoðandi
    2. verb
    This film has been censored; The soldiers' letters are censored.) ritskoða
    - censorship

    English-Icelandic dictionary > censor

  • 6 eloquence

    ['eləkwəns]
    (the power of expressing feelings or thoughts in words that impress or move other people: a speaker of great eloquence.) málsnilld
    - eloquently

    English-Icelandic dictionary > eloquence

  • 7 execute

    ['eksikju:t] 1. verb
    1) (to put to death by order of the law: After the war many traitors were executed.) lífláta
    2) (to carry out (instructions etc).) framkvæma
    3) (to perform (a movement etc usually requiring skill).) gera, framkvæma, leika
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    - executioner
    - executive     2. noun
    1) (the branch of the government that puts the laws into effect.) framkvæmdavald
    2) (a person or body of people in an organization etc that has power to direct or manage: He is an executive in an insurance company.) stjórnandi
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > execute

  • 8 nature

    ['nei ə]
    1) (the physical world, eg trees, plants, animals, mountains, rivers etc, or the power which made them: the beauty of nature; the forces of nature; the study of nature.) náttúran
    2) (the qualities born in a person; personality: She has a generous nature.) eðli
    3) (quality; what something is or consists of: What is the nature of your work?) eðli
    4) (a kind, type etc: bankers and other people of that nature.) manngerð
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    - in the nature of

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nature

  • 9 sway

    [swei] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move from side to side or up and down with a swinging or rocking action: The branches swayed gently in the breeze.) rugga, vagga
    2) (to influence the opinion etc of: She's too easily swayed by her feelings.) sveigja (e-n) í tiltekna átt
    2. noun
    1) (the motion of swaying: the sway of the ship's deck.) veltingur, vagg
    2) (power, rule or control: people under the sway of the dictator.) áhrifavald, áhrif

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sway

  • 10 the Establishment

    (the people and institutions that control power or are dominant in a society and stick to traditions; one of these institutions: The hippies rebelled against the Establishment; the political/literary establishment.)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > the Establishment

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