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mandate

/ˈmeə̯ndeɪ̯t/noun, verb2 syllables

Mandate means: a document giving an official instruction or command.

Synonyms for mandate11

noun, as in a document giving an official instruction or command

authorization, authorisation

noun, as in a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

also used for mandate

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What does mandate mean?6

noun

1

a document giving an official instruction or command

2

a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

3

the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

verb

1

assign under a mandate“mandate a colony”

2

make mandatory“the new director of the school board mandated regular tests”

3

assign authority to

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mandate in a sentence

  • Company regulations mandate that workers use protective eyewear.Hybrid
  • Company regulations mandate that workers wear safety glasses.Hybrid
  • The then-mayor imposed vaccine mandates on municipal and private sector workers last year.Cangarejo
  • State law mandates that all public schools post information about their curricula online.frpzzd
  • People at my school are no longer mandated to wear masks.DJ_Saidez
  • For running for a fifth mandate, Bouteflika damaged his own credibility.Amastan
  • You are entitled to hold your beliefs, but you are not entitled to mandate those beliefs for others.Objectivesea
  • The poverty is state-mandated eugenics.Eccles17

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mandate

as a noun

plural
mandates

as a verb

past tense
mandated
present participle
mandating
third-person singular
mandates
past participle
mandated