Dictionary

decree en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [dəˈkʰɹʷɪi̯] weak vowel merger
• /dɪˈkɹiː/ weak vowel distinction
• /dəˈkɹiː/ weak vowel merger
• [dɪˈkʰɹʷɪi̯] weak vowel distinction
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.

Meanings

1. An edict or law.
   • There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:1:
   • Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree? 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
2. The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
3. The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
4. A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

Forms

Deriveds

final decree · counterdecree · decree nisi · decree absolute · predecree · imperial decree · decree time · decreer · consent decree · postdecree · decree arbitral

Descendants

dikrii · ഡിക്രി · dekri

Synonyms

edict

Translations (103)

uk постано́ва (edict or law) · ru постановле́ние (judicial decision) · grc δικαίωμα (judicial decision) · fi dekreetti (edict or law) · de Verfügung (judicial decision) · ru декре́т (edict or law) · ota امر (edict or law) · ka ბრძანებულება (edict or law) · la dēcrētum (edict or law) · pt decreto (judicial decision) · ko 칙령 (edict or law) · aig eewuu (edict or law) · cs dekret (edict or law) · be ука́з (edict or law) · be пастано́ва (edict or law) · ja 詔書 (edict or law) · it decreto (edict or law) · fi päätös (determination of a cause) · fi määräys (judicial decision) · ar مَرْسُوم (edict or law) · da dekret (edict or law) · pt decreto (edict or law) · az dekret (edict or law) · hy պատգամ (edict or law) · fi määräys (edict or law) · pl dekret (edict or law) · de Beschluss (judicial decision) · da forordning (edict or law) · kk жарлық (edict or law) · ko 결정 (judicial decision) · bg постановле́ние (judicial decision) · be пастано́ва (judicial decision) · de Entscheid (judicial decision) · zza qanunname (edict or law) · fa فرمان (edict or law) · cmn 詔書 /诏书 (edict or law) · ja 判決 (judicial decision) · hi अधिसूचना (edict or law) · be дэкрэ́т (edict or law) · hu végzés (judicial decision) · de Dekret (edict or law) · fi asetus (edict or law) · az fərman (edict or law) · ms dekri (edict or law) · de Verordnung (edict or law) · la ēdictum (edict or law) · sv förordning (edict or law) · id titah (edict or law) · cmn 法令 (edict or law) · ml ഡിക്രി (edict or law) · ar أَمْر (edict or law) · ba фарман (edict or law) · uk ука́з (edict or law) · hi विधान (edict or law) · kk әмір (edict or law) · ru ука́з (edict or law) · da dom (judicial decision) · ga acht (edict or law) · fi päätös (judicial decision) · sk dekrét (edict or law) · nb forordning (edict or law) · az göstəriş (edict or law) · grc διαγνώμη (judicial decision) · uk декре́т (edict or law) · hu rendelet (edict or law) · sw dikrii (edict or law) · ja 詔勅 (edict or law) · ko 법령 (edict or law) · es decreto (edict or law) · es decreto (judicial decision) · mk декре́т (edict or law) · bg у́каз (edict or law) · sv dekret (edict or law) · ru постановле́ние (edict or law) · la iussiō (edict or law) · gl decreto (edict or law) · de Erlass (edict or law) · tr genelge (edict or law) · cmn 判決 /判决 (judicial decision) · bg декре́т (edict or law) · nn forordning (edict or law) · hu döntés (judicial decision) · hu határozat (judicial decision) · ja 命令 (edict or law) · id dekret (edict or law) · tr sirküler (edict or law) · fi määräys (determination of a cause) · grc πρόσταγμα (edict or law) · eo dekreto (edict or law) · cmn 上諭 /上谕 (edict or law) · fr décret (edict or law) · grc δόγμα (edict or law) · de Gerichtsentscheid (judicial decision) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍆𐍄𐍃 (edict or law) · hu dekrétum (edict or law) · uk постано́ва (judicial decision) · hi आज्ञा (edict or law) · egy wD-w-Y1 (edict or law) · xcl հրովարտակ (edict or law) · ro decret (edict or law) · it ordinanza (edict or law) · tr kararname (edict or law) · zza ferman (diq) (edict or law)

decree en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [dəˈkʰɹʷɪi̯] weak vowel merger
• /dɪˈkɹiː/ weak vowel distinction
• /dəˈkɹiː/ weak vowel merger
• [dɪˈkʰɹʷɪi̯] weak vowel distinction
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.

Meanings

1. To command by a decree.
   • Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 22:28:
   • A court decrees a restoration of property.
   • The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province. 2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022, Food:
   • In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55:

Forms

Deriveds

redecree · undecreed · decreeable

Synonyms

ordain · enact

Translations (30)

sv förordna (to command by a decree) · de verordnen (to command by a decree) · sv dekretera (to command by a decree) · de dekretieren (to command by a decree) · hu rendelkezik (to command by a decree) · ga foraithin (to command by a decree) · de verfügen (to command by a decree) · sv påbjuda (to command by a decree) · fr décréter (to command by a decree) · es decretar (to command by a decree) · hu határoz (to command by a decree) · kk жарлық шығару (to command by a decree) · fi antaa asetus (to command by a decree) · ga achtaigh (to command by a decree) · da forordne (to command by a decree) · hit 𒄢𒀸𒍣 (to command by a decree) · eo dekreti (to command by a decree) · da dekretere (to command by a decree) · sv bestämma (to command by a decree) · fi julistaa (to command by a decree) · pt decretar (to command by a decree) · fi määrätä (to command by a decree) · kk әмір ету (to command by a decree) · da bestemme (to command by a decree) · ang sċrīfan (to command by a decree) · ga reachtaigh (to command by a decree) · de bestimmen (to command by a decree) · hu elrendel (to command by a decree) · hu végzést hoz/meghoz (to command by a decree) · la scisco (to command by a decree)