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mandate

/ mandate /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
Type of:
commission commissioning
Domain:
politics political science government
noun Sense 2
a document giving an official instruction or command
Type of:
legal document legal instrument official document
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 3
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves
Type of:
district territory territorial dominion
Kinds of:
Palestine
verb Sense 4
assign authority to
Type of:
delegate designate depute
Derived:
mandator
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb Sense 5
make mandatory
"the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests"
Type of:
order prescribe dictate
Derived:
authorization authorisation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
assign under a mandate
"mandate a colony"
Type of:
delegate designate depute
Derived:
mandatary mandatory mandator
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
2
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commission commissioning legal document legal instrument official document district territory territorial dominion Palestine delegate designate depute