"mandate" meaning in English

See mandate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmændeɪt/ Audio: en-us-mandate.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav [UK] Forms: mandate [singular], mandates [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A mandate is an official order to do something.
    Sense id: simple-mandate-en-noun-xffZdcsc

Verb

IPA: /ˈmændeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav [UK] Forms: mandate [canonical], mandates [third-person, singular], mandated [past], mandated [past, participle], mandating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|mandat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you mandate something, you make it mandatory.
    Sense id: simple-mandate-en-verb-D6kwPwkm
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