[responsivevoice] carte blanche [/responsivevoice] [ kahrt blanch ]
The word of the day is ‘carte blanche.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Complete authority
2. To act as one wishes
3. Freedom
4. Free hand
1. Hindi – Poorn svatantrata
2. Spanish – Carta blanca
3. French – Carte blanche
4. Mandarin -Quánquán wěituō
1. He was to have carte blanche, even in the editorial columns of our newspapers.
2. You gave me carte blanche with this Mitchell babe, remember?
3. At all events, she gave me carte blanche to publish the results of my observations.
4. Mr Adams promised Mr Gallatin carte blanche as to his instructions.
5. But he knew what he was talking about, and they had given him carte blanche.
blank check, free rein, latitude, power of attorney, authority, franchise, freehand, freedom, full authority, full power, grant, leeway, license, permission, prerogative, sanction, warrant, entitlement, dispensation, authorization etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
forbidding, disallowance, forbiddance, banning, interdict, injunction, refusal, denial, hindrance, rejection, prohibition, ban, repression, repudiation
Quotation:
By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, ‘Let’s ratchet it up.’ And I always think, ‘We don’t need to ratchet this up.’ If you do, don’t call it ‘Captain Phillips’ or ‘The Maersk Alabama.’ Call it something else, and then you have carte blanche to do anything, down to sea serpents and aliens.
Tom Hanks
Social Example:
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