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
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
a document giving an official instruction or command
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
the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
verb
assign under a mandate“mandate a colony”
make mandatory“the new director of the school board mandated regular tests”
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
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Forms of mandate
as a noun
- plural
- mandates
as a verb
- past tense
- mandated
- present participle
- mandating
- third-person singular
- mandates
- past participle
- mandated