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Mandates
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
📖 Definitions of "Mandates"
noun
- 1
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
- 2
The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- 3
A papal rescript.
- 4
A period during which a government is in power.
verb
- 1
To authorize
- 2
To make mandatory
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mandates"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| authorizationnoun | (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission. |
| territorynoun | A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district. |
| colonynoun | A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin. |
| provincenoun | An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. |
| dominionnoun | Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. |
| territorial dominionnoun | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
| appointmentsnoun | An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement. |
| assignmentsnoun | The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. |
| attributionsnoun | The act of attributing something. |
| authorised | Alternative spelling of authorized. [Explicitly allowed.] |
| authoritynoun | (uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right. |
| authorizationsnoun | (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission. |
| authorizeverb | (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. |
| authorized | Explicitly allowed. |
| authorizesverb | (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. |
| authorizingnoun | One who, or that which, authorizes. |
| chartersnoun | A surname. |
| commandmentsnoun | (religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments. |
| commandsnoun | An order to do something. |
| competencenoun | (uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role. |
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