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How to pronounce mandate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mandatory
Type of territory, district, dominion, territorial dominion
Type Words
Synonyms authorisation, authorization
Type of legal instrument, instrument, legal document, official document
Type Words
Type of assign, delegate, depute, designate
Derivation mandator
Type Words
Type of depute, designate, assign, delegate
Derivation mandatary, mandatory, mandator


mandate a colony.
Type Words
Type of dictate, order, prescribe
Derivation mandatory


the new director of the school board mandated regular tests.
Type Words
Type of commissioning, commission

Examples of mandate

mandate
Earlier rulings in Michigan and another Virginia district supported the mandate.
From the sacbee.com
That makes it premature to be talking about this as a long-term federal mandate.
From the latimes.com
It's about the mandate that the people wanted change in their county government.
From the stltoday.com
The president was given a mandate, and he should act like it-boldly, decisively.
From the newsweek.com
National has received its mandate to sell shares in the nominated public assets.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Combat operations were never excluded from Africom's mandate, merely downgraded.
From the economist.com
Politicians and government employees would be subject to the individual mandate.
From the sltrib.com
Barring any congressional mandate, unused funds will return to the general fund.
From the denverpost.com
Always a broken phallic symbol of some sort, as if the mandate is just too much.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • A document giving an official instruction or command
  • Assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
  • Make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
  • 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
  • The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
  • Assign authority to
  • A criminal court may impose a "mandate" on a person accused of a crime consisting of an obligation to engage in certain conditions or activities in exchange for suspension or reduction in penalty; such as, conditions of probation, conditional discharges, or other conditional sentences. ...
  • In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization.
  • In law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision.