mandate
To require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority…To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
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Translations
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Meaning
4 sensesTo (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
ermächtigen, bevollmächtigen, autorisieren
уполномо́чиватьupolnomóčivatʹ, авторизова́тьavtorizovátʹ, одобря́тьodobrjátʹ
To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
assign under a mandate
To make mandatory.
make mandatory
(Scotland, especially)To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
Origin
First attested in 1623; partly directly borrowed from Latin mandātus (see -ate (verb-formiFirst attested in 1623; partly directly borrowed from Latin mandātus (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more), partly from the above noun by metanalysis.
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Forms
mandates, mandating, mandated, mandatedTenses
mandate · mandated · will mandate · have mandatedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.