They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
[ + that ] After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
Meaning of decree in English
(Definition of decree from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
decree | Intermediate English
decree | Business English
See also
Examples of decree
decree
Okay, that one we haven't actually heard, but we're sure someone, somewhere, has decreed it.
From Huffington Post
Any savings that come to fruition will be the result of market forces and private innovation, not political decrees.
From Heritage.org
Civil rights investigations are often quite expensive for cities, though often the expense comes after a consent decree is ordered.
From Baltimore Sun
You control all the agencies and can decree changes with an executive order.
From Huffington Post
A consent decree would require oversight by a federal judge and monitor.
From NOLA.com
He says that decree ensures the felines can not be evicted.
From NPR
The consent decree calls for diversity training for police, outfitting officers and jail workers with body cameras, and other reforms.
From The Seattle Times
Well, fiat currency actually means the currency is issued by "fiat", by government decree.
From Ars Technica
Religious decrees prohibit harvesting on certain sacred mountain slopes.
From NPR
Therefore, he shelved it, and he's ruling by decree.
From NPR
Aware of its energizing qualities, the country's government even decreed in 1840 that all laborers building roads should receive a free cup every day.
From Huffington Post
Other decrees instructed the government to cut mortality from cardiovascular disease, raise overall life expectancy, and reduce fatalities from traffic accidents.
From Washington Post
Almost no bread for sale until he repealed the price decree.
From Huffington Post
Such a decree could include fines and possibly an injunction that would bar use of blanket clearances.
From Los Angeles Times
Until recently, that building was not expected to include medical or mental-health facilities, a requirement of a 2011 city ordinance and of the consent decree.
From NOLA.com
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Collocations with decree
decree
These are words often used in combination with decree.
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divorce decree
It would be irrational to suppose that a support obligation would become dischargeable just because it had not been expressly foreseen in a separation agreement or divorce decree.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
executive decree
Due to the lack of congressional support, many of the laws were passed by executive decree.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
government decree
A government decree reinstated industrial promotion tax subsidies to companies that had received them before 1989, and refunded the taxes they had paid since 1993.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
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kararname, emir, ferman…
décret, arrêté, arrêt…
decreet, vonnis, beslissen…
nařízení, předpis, rozhodnutí…
dekret, forordning, befaling…
dekrit, maklumat, memerintahkan…
พระราชกฤษฎีกา, กฎ, ข้อบังคับ…
sắc lệnh, bản án, ra sắc lệnh…
dekret, rozporządzenie, wyrok…
dekret, påbud, dom…
perintah, dekri, mengeluarkan perintah…
der Erlass, der Entscheid, verfügen…
påbud, forbud, bestemmelse…
декрет, указ, рішення…
указ…
