mandate
An official or authoritative commandAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
» The poverty is state-mandated eugenics.
Meaning
5 sensesAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
Mandat, Ermächtigung, Legitimation
манда́тmandát, полномо́чиеpolnomóčije, поруче́ниеporučénije
манда́тmandát, манда́тmandát
a document giving an official instruction or command
The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
(Canada)A period during which a government is in power.
(historical)An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
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
An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
(historical)Such a territory.
Examples
13 sentencesThe poverty is state-mandated eugenics.
Company regulations mandate that workers use protective eyewear.
deDie Betriebsordnung schreibt den Arbeitern das Tragen von Sicherheitsbrillen vor.
Company regulations mandate that workers wear safety glasses.
deDie Betriebsordnung schreibt den Arbeitern das Tragen von Sicherheitsbrillen vor.
People at my school are no longer mandated to wear masks.
State law mandates that all public schools post information about their curricula online.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1521; borrowed from Latin mandātum (“a charge, order, command, commissioFirst attested in 1521; borrowed from Latin mandātum (“a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”), substantivized from the neuter forms of mandātus, perfect passive participle of mandō (“to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from manus (“hand”) + -dere (“to put”).
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Forms
plural: mandatesSynonyms
16 synonyms- a document giving an official instruction or command:authorizationauthorisation
- 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:mandatory