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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a document giving an official instruction or command [syn: mandate, authorization, authorisation]
2: 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 [syn: mandate, mandatory]
3: the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory v
1: assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
2: make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
3: assign authority to

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French mandat, from Latin mandatum, from neuter of mandatus, past participle of mandare to entrust, enjoin, probably irregular from manus hand + -dere to put — more at manual, do Date: 1501 1. an authoritative command; especially a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one 2. an authorization to act given to a representative <accepted the mandate of the people> 3. a. an order or commission granted by the League of Nations to a member nation for the establishment of a responsible government over a former German colony or other conquered territory b. a mandated territory II. transitive verb (mandated; mandating) Date: 1919 1. to administer or assign (as a territory) under a mandate 2. to make mandatory ; order; also direct, require

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an official command or instruction by an authority. 2 support for a policy or course of action, regarded by a victorious party, candidate, etc., as derived from the wishes of the people in an election. 3 a commission to act for another. 4 Law a commission by which a party is entrusted to perform a service, often gratuitously and with indemnity against loss by that party. 5 hist. a commission from the League of Nations to a member State to administer a territory. 6 a papal decree or decision. --v.tr. 1 instruct (a delegate) to act or vote in a certain way. 2 (usu. foll. by to) hist. commit (a territory etc.) to a mandatary. Derivatives: mandator n. Etymology: L mandatum, neut. past part. of mandare command f. manus hand + dare give: sense 2 of n. after F mandat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mandate Man"date, n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.] 1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear. --Dryden. 2. (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation. 3. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. --Erskine.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mandates, mandating, mandated) 1. If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out 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... N-COUNT: oft N for n, N to-inf 2. If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?... N-COUNT: oft N to-inf 3. You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate. (FORMAL) ...his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends. N-COUNT: usu with poss 4. When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. (FORMAL) He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire... The elections are mandated by a peace accord signed by the government last May. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed 5. To mandate something means to make it mandatory. (AM) The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%... Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools. ...constitutionally mandated civil rights. VERB: V n, V that, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Command, order, injunction, precept, charge, requirement, commission, edict.

Moby Thesaurus

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