mandate
verb/ˈmændeɪt/, /ˌmænˈdeɪt/
/ˈmændeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mandate | /ˈmændeɪt/, /ˌmænˈdeɪt/ /ˈmændeɪt/ |
| he / she / it mandates | /ˈmændeɪts/, /ˌmænˈdeɪts/ /ˈmændeɪts/ |
| past simple mandated | /ˈmændeɪtɪd/, /ˌmænˈdeɪtɪd/ /ˈmændeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle mandated | /ˈmændeɪtɪd/, /ˌmænˈdeɪtɪd/ /ˈmændeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form mandating | /ˈmændeɪtɪŋ/, /ˌmænˈdeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmændeɪtɪŋ/ |
- (especially North American English) to order somebody to behave, do something or vote in a particular way; to order something to be done
- mandate that… The law mandates that imported goods be identified as such.
- mandate somebody to do something The new law would mandate children to study a foreign language from second grade.
- mandate something The government began mandating better car safety.
- [often passive] to give somebody, especially a government or a committee, the authority to do something
- be mandated to do something The assembly was mandated to draft a constitution.
- We need to be sure that the directors are mandated to act.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin mandatum ‘something commanded’, neuter past participle of mandare, from manus ‘hand’ + dare ‘give’. Senses 1 and 2 of the noun have been influenced by French mandat.
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