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mandate

man·date

UK/ˈmæn.deɪt/ US/mænˈdeɪt/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

1.
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

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3.

the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

verb

1.

assign under a mandate

  • “mandate a colony”
2.

make mandatory

  • “the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests”
3.

Origin

First attested in 1521; borrowed from Latin mandātum (“a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”), substantivized from the neuter forms of mandātus, perfect passive participle of mandō (“to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from manus (“hand”) + -dere (“to put”). Sense 3 in Canadian English is likely a semantic loan from French mandat.

Phrases

  • dual mandate
  • imperative mandate
  • mandate fraud

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