MANDATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mandate mean?
• MANDATE (noun)
The noun MANDATE has 3 senses:
1. a document giving an official instruction or command
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
3. the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
Familiarity information: MANDATE used as a noun is uncommon.
• MANDATE (verb)
The verb MANDATE has 3 senses:
1. assign under a mandate
2. make mandatory
3. assign authority to
Familiarity information: MANDATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MANDATE (noun)
Meaning:
A document giving an official instruction or command
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
authorisation; authorization; mandate
Hypernyms ("mandate" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Attribute:
unauthorised; unauthorized (not endowed with authority)
authorised; authorized (endowed with authority)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
mandate; mandatory
Hypernyms ("mandate" is a kind of...):
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Instance hyponyms:
Palestine (a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948)
Meaning:
The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mandate" is a kind of...):
commission; commissioning (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)
Domain category:
government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)
• MANDATE (verb)
Meaning:
Assign under a mandate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
mandate a colony
Hypernyms (to "mandate" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make mandatory
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
the new director of the school board mandated regular tests
Hypernyms (to "mandate" is one way to...):
dictate; order; prescribe (issue commands or orders for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Assign authority to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mandate" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
