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mandate
CEFRB2
/ˈmæn.deɪt/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An official order or command to do something.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA period during which a government is in power.
Examples
In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson signed a mandate ordering a survey of nation's coast.
It is undemocratic to govern an area without an electoral mandate.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈmændeɪ̯t/
- /ˈmeə̯ndeɪ̯t/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
More examples
In contextUntil 1962, Algeria was a French mandate.
Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a mandate with him. Roy: It is not a mandate. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!
John Tyler and James K. Polk both regarded the election results as a mandate for the annexation of Texas.
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Origin
noun
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.