Definition of 'mandate'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense mandates, present participle mandating, past tense, past participle mandated
1. countable noun
2. countable noun
3. countable noun
4. transitive verb [usu passive]
5. transitive verb
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mandate in American English
noun
1.
an authoritative order or command, esp. a written one
3.
the wishes of constituents expressed to a representative, legislature, etc., as through an election and regarded as an order
4. Law
a.
b.
c.
in Roman law, a commission or contract by which a person undertakes to do something for another,
without recompense but with indemnity against loss
d.
any contract of agency
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmanˌdated or ˈmanˌdating
5.
to assign (a region, etc.) as a mandate
6.
to require as by law; make mandatory
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Derived forms
mandator (manˈdator)
noun
Word Frequency
mandate in American English
(ˈmændeit) (verb -dated, -dating)
noun
1.
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative
The president had a clear mandate to end the war
2.
a command from a superior court or official to a lower one
3.
an authoritative order or command
a royal mandate
4. (in the League of Nations)
5.
a mandated territory or colony
6. Roman Catholic Church
7. Roman Law & Civil Law
a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another
8. Civil Law
any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another
transitive verb
SYNONYMS 3. fiat, decree, injunction, edict, ruling.11.
to order or require; make mandatory
to mandate sweeping changes in the election process
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Word Frequency
mandate in British English
noun (ˈmændeɪt
, -dɪt
)
1.
2. politics
the support or commission given to a government and its policies or an elected representative and his or her policies through an electoral victory
3. Also called: mandated territory (often capital)
(formerly) any of the territories under the trusteeship of the League of Nations administered by one of its member states
4.
a. Roman law
b. contract law
c. Scots law
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Derived forms
mandator (ˈmanˌdator) noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin mandātum something commanded, from mandāre to command, perhaps from manus hand + dāre to give
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British English: mandate
NOUN /ˈmændeɪt/
If a government or other elected body has a mandate to do something, they have the authority to do it as a result of winning an election or vote.
The President and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform.
British English: mandate
VERB /ˈmændeɪt/
When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it.
He'd been mandated by them to go in and to enforce a ceasefire.
- American English: mandate /ˈmændeɪt/
- Brazilian Portuguese: enviar
- Chinese: 授权
- European Spanish: recibir instrucciones de
- French: donner mandat à
- German: beauftragen
- Italian: assegnare un mandato a
- Japanese: 職権を与える
- Korean: 권한을 부여 받다
- European Portuguese: enviar
- Spanish: recibir instrucciones de
- Thai: สั่งการ
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