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mandate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [ˈmændeɪ̯t] without æ-raising
• /ˈmeə̯ndeɪ̯t/ (Canada, US)
• [ˈmeə̯ndeɪ̯t] (Canada, US)
• /ˈmændeɪ̯t/ without æ-raising
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɛ̝ːndæ̝ɪ̯t/ (Australia)
• /ˈmɛə̯ndeɪ̯t/ (Canada, US)
• (US) audio
• [ˈmɛ̝ːndæ̝ɪ̯t] (Australia)
• [ˈmɛə̯ndeɪ̯t] (Canada, US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
   • Enactive. Expositive. / Art. 57. XIII 2. The Registrative, or say Recordative: exercised, by the arrangements and operations, by which, in conformity to corresponding ordinances and mandates, the accounts, given at different periods by the exercise of the statistic function, are kept in contiguity, and in a regular series, for the purpose of reference and comparison. 1830, Jeremy Bentham, Constitutional code: for the use all nations and all governments ..., volume 1, page 251:
2. The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
   • Instead, May, more sheep than shepherd, has feebly allowed herself to be driven ever further towards an extreme, inflexible, take-it-or-leave-it stance for which she has neither mandate nor credible grounds. 2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer:
   • John Tyler and James K. Polk both regarded the election results as a mandate for the annexation of Texas. 2002, Leroy G. Dorsey, The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 30:
3. (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
   • Throughout his last mandate, from 1980 to 1984, Mr. Trudeau insisted that we see ourselves solely as Canadians, that we set aside the historic compromises that underlie Canada as a federation. 2000 October 6, John Richards, “Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1919-2000”, in The Globe and Mail, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2019:
4. (historical) 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.
5. (historical) 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. ▸ Such a territory.

Forms

Deriveds

dual mandate · imperative mandate · mandative · antimandate · mandate fraud

Relateds

command · countermand · commend · remand · demand

Synonyms

sanction · authority · permission · clearance · mandate · license · allowance · leave · obligation · consent · authorization · warrant · permit · authority · compulsion

Translations (81)

th คำสั่ง (official command) · fr mandat (official command) · id mandat (the authority to do something or to act) · hy հանձնագիր (official command) · lv mandāts (official command) · th อาณัติ (official command) · bg манда́т (the authority to do something or to act) · it mandato (official command) · de Legitimation (the authority to do something or to act) · cmn 權利 /权利 (official command) · es mandato (official command) · es mando (the authority to do something or to act) · el εντολή (official command) · hi अधिदेश (official command) · ar حُكْم (official command) · ru манда́т (official command) · nl mandaat (the authority to do something or to act) · es comandamiento (official command) · be манда́т (the authority to do something or to act) · vi chỉ thị (official command) · ar اِنْتِدَاب (official command) · hy մանդատ (official command) · fa-ira حُکْم (official command) · ru манда́т (the authority to do something or to act) · fi mandaatti (official command) · pt mandado (official command) · ro mandat (official command) · bg манда́т (official command) · cmn 命令 (official command) · id mandat (official command) · eo mandato (the authority to do something or to act) · uk манда́т (the authority to do something or to act) · vi lệnh (official command) · he סַמְכוּת (official command) · hy մանդատ (the authority to do something or to act) · hi शासनादेश (official command) · ko 권한 (the authority to do something or to act) · sq mandat (official command) · ru поруче́ние (official command) · ko 위임 (official command) · hu mandátum (official command) · ru распоряже́ние (official command) · eu aginpide (official command) · mi mana whakahaere (the authority to do something or to act) · mi mana kōkiri (the authority to do something or to act) · fi valtakirja (official command) · ru полномо́чие (official command) · lt mandatas (official command) · bg за́повед (official command) · ja 権限 (the authority to do something or to act) · eo mandato (official command) · ja 委任 (official command) · fa-ira دَسْتور (official command) · he מַנְדָּט (official command) · pl mandat (official command) · nl mandaat (official command) · ms mandat (official command) · es comandamiento (the authority to do something or to act) · bg наре́ждане (official command) · et mandaat (official command) · ps انتداب (official command) · be манда́т (official command) · ru указа́ние (official command) · ru обяза́тельство (official command) · la mandātum (official command) · de Ermächtigung (the authority to do something or to act) · mk мандат (official command) · hi जनादेश (the authority to do something or to act) · sk mandát (official command) · he מַנְדָּט (the authority to do something or to act) · ja 指図 (official command) · ka მანდატი (official command) · cs mandát (official command) · hi अधिकार (the authority to do something or to act) · fi valtuutus (official command) · sv påbud (official command) · de Mandat (official command) · cmn 授權 /授权 (official command) · uk манда́т (official command) · tr manda (official command) · ca mandat (official command)

mandate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmændeɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mænˈdeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1623; partly directly borrowed from Latin mandātus (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more), partly from the above noun by metanalysis.

Meanings

1. To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
   • Last June Illinois passed a bill requiring the state to trace sexual partners, […] but mandating the department to preserve the confidentiality of reports. 1987, British Medical Journal:
   • A delegate conference was called, and garages invited to mandate their representatives to vote for or against continuance. 1958, The Spectator:
2. To make mandatory.
   • As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have mandated that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday. 2021 August 15, Stephanie Elizalde, “Why I'm Mandating That Austin Schools Must Be Masked When Classes Start”, in Time, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2024:
   • Federal law mandates that at least one nongroup insurer in your state must provide coverage to everyone, regardless of health issues. 2009 March 7, Walecia Konrad, “Hanging On to Health Coverage, if the Job Goes Away”, in The New York Times:
   • The bill seeks to make IVF treatment more affordable by mandating coverage for fertility treatments under employer-sponsored insurance and certain public insurance plans. 2024 June 13, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, “Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to IVF nationwide”, in CNN:
3. To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
4. (Scotland, especially) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
   • He [sc. Archbishop Secker] then proceeds to express his disapprobation of what is called Mandating of Sermons, or repeating them from memory. This custom prevails much among foreign Divines, and throughout the whole Church of Scotland. 1796, Charles Simeon, The Gospel Message:
   • He rose and walked his study, ‘mandating’ his opening sentences with appropriate gestures. 1893, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Stickitt Minister:
   • I had only from that evening at six till Sabbath to mandate my two discourses. 1951, Robert James Drummond, Lest We Forget:
   • After I have mandated my exercices. 1724, Robert Wodrow, Life of James Wodrow:

Forms

Deriveds

mandatary · mandatory · mandatee · mandator

Translations (16)

de ermächtigen (authorize) · ru уполномо́чивать (authorize) · ru одобря́ть (authorize) · de legitimieren (authorize) · es ordenar (authorize) · de bevollmächtigen (authorize) · ru авторизова́ть (authorize) · hi अधिकृत (authorize) · cmn 授權 /授权 (authorize) · de autorisieren (authorize) · cs pověřit (authorize) · es mandar (authorize) · fi valtuuttaa (authorize) · fr autoriser (authorize) · es preceptuar (authorize) · it autorizzare (authorize)

mandate en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.deɪt/

Etymology

From man + date.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
   alt of man date
   • 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! 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3

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