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mandate

271 6.0

Authority that voters give a government after an election

noun
/ˈmænˌdeɪt/

Literature

: mandato

To what extent do schools and districts comply with state or federal mandates and policies?
electoral mandate
broad mandate
weak mandate

Of course we have our mandate that give us the leverage.

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Examples

So I think our government definitely has a mandate to push through action.

UK Parliament
Strong agreement could be considered a mandate for moving forward rapidly on the initiative.

Academic text (2012)
I mean, I do think it's a mandate given the size of the win.
Listen, I have a mandate from a population, right, of hundreds of millions of people.
I recognize though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.
Indeed, it did not have the mandate or the authorization to do so.

Academic text (2011)
School librarians have a responsibility, even a mandate, to lead and advocate for intellectual freedom in our schools.

Academic text (2015)
We are all aware of the new mandates that tie teacher evaluations to student achievement.

Academic text (2013)
Perin found that some of the state mandates were not strictly implemented in practice.

Academic text (2011)
The new administration claimed it had a strong mandate to implement its proposed reforms after winning the election by a large margin.

Compounds

Mandate of Heaven

Literature

9.9

A traditional Chinese idea that Heaven gives emperors the right to rule while they govern well

Surface Forms

mandate singular

mandates plural

Etymology

Mandate comes from the Latin mandare, which means 'to hand over', and comes from manus 'hand' plus dare 'to give'. When voters 'hand' power to a government after an election, people call that a mandate because it is the authority given to govern.