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opinion

n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

regnant, reigning

adj. exercising power or authority

determination, decision, conclusion

n. the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

judgment, judgement, assessment

n. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

dictum, obiter dictum

n. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

announcement, proclamation, annunciation, promulgation

n. a formal public statement

dictate

n. an authoritative rule

directive

n. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"

order

n. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

say-so, pronouncement, dictum

n. an authoritative declaration

estimate, estimation

n. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"

vote

n. the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"

dominant

adj. exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

ranking, commanding, top-level, top-ranking

adj. used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

primary, main, chief, principal

adj. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"

controlling, in charge

adj. able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

predominate, overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant, preponderating

adj. having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

governing

adj. responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"

almighty, all-powerful, omnipotent

adj. having unlimited power

coercive

adj. serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive"

compelling

adj. driving or forcing; "compelling ambition"

vigorous, forceful, muscular

adj. having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"

high-powered

adj. (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification; "a high-powered microscope"

hopped-up

adj. (of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power; "a hopped-up jalopy"

mighty

adj. having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton

potent, strong

adj. having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

powered

adj. (often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind; "powered flight"; "kerosine-powered jet engines"

puissant

adj. powerful

regent

adj. acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent"

supercharged

adj. (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger

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