mandate
160
5.3
- noun
- /ˈmænˌdeɪt/
- Formal
:
mandato
- And yes, the IOBR confirms we will meet our fiscal mandate and our debt target.
- federal mandate
- legal mandate
- legislative mandate
That's per the school mandates from coast to coast.
- That's per the school mandates from coast to coast.
- Utah has instituted mask mandates for the entire state of Utah.
- The answer to your question is restrictions create a mandate for the length of the meeting.
- But when you think isn't just the skies above where our mandate is to go explore.
- See, the nice guy is willing to comply with laws and mandates that are unjust.
- Sweden, which has thus far resisted mask mandates, maintains a low case count per day.
- I mean, look, the vaccine mandate was a total disaster.
- I don't have the mandate of conversion.
- There were two two mandates for the Jamestown colonists.
- There's no more higher standard for quality than Cochrane A mask mandates don't work.
Examples
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New York State plans to reinstate the mandate for the 2010 to 2011 influenza season.
Academic text (2011) -
In fact, the case may be made that their mandate is strongest for schools.
Academic text (1991) -
That mandate should be changed.
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This is beyond my mandate.
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The issue of the need for a U.N. mandate will also get a second life.
Academic text (1999) -
You fulfilled your mandate and then some.
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Given a clear legal mandate, why do not agencies and courts "just do it?"
Academic text (1991) -
Well, the Institute's mandate is to protect the oceans, right?
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What this iteration of the Code gives us, then, is a mandate to be the patient's advocate.
Academic text (2015) -
The organization received a mandate to improve literacy rates in the community.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
An instruction from someone in power that must be followed
702
4.6
An official paper that gives permission to do something, for example a court order
180
2.0
An official instruction telling someone what to do
132
4.9
An official document that gives someone authority or rank
128
6.1
An official instruction from a government or organization
66
4.0
A suggested plan for how to act to get a certain result
36
4.1
A written document that gives official permission or instruction
34
8.5
An official order that a government or person in power gives
27
7.2
An official order from a person or government in power that people must follow
13
5.7
A rule or principle you must follow
5
3.3
A record issued by an authority that shows a legal agreement or gives a right
1
8.2
A document from a court that orders someone to do or stop something
An official rule that people must follow
A formal order from an official used in law or religion
Compounds
- Literature
A traditional Chinese idea that Heaven gives emperors the right to rule while they govern well
How Authoritative
- Formal
80
5.7
- Formal
160
5.3
∞
3.0
455
1.2
∞
1.0
759
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mandate comes from the Latin mandare, which means 'to hand over', and comes from manus 'hand' plus dare 'to give'. Think of an order or paper 'handed' to you that gives you the power to act, which is why a mandate is an official document giving authority.