Government/legal collocation – "invest … with": select the preposition that completes the fixed phrase meaning "to confer authority". Sentence: "The parliament invested the new organisation ____ judicial authority." Choose the correct preposition to express conferral.
Verbal Ability
Selecting Words
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Aby
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Bwith
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Cfrom
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Dthrough
Answer
Correct Answer: with
Explanation
Given data
- Verb phrase: invest in the sense of "confer (power/authority)".
- Object: "the new organisation ____ judicial authority".
Concept/ApproachThe fixed collocation is invest someone/something with authority/powers.
Option analysiswith — correct collocation: invest … with judicial authority. ✅by — would imply agency, not the item conferred.from — indicates source, not conferral.through — indicates means, not used in this idiom.
Usage examples"The constitution invests the court with certain powers."
Final Answerwith