Mandate
noun
An official order or instruction given by a person in power.
The president has a clear mandate to carry out his policy.
Often appears as...
- clear mandate
- presidential mandate
noun
The authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern.
The party won the election and thus has a mandate from the people.
Often appears as...
- political mandate
- election mandate
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Academic
verb
To officially order someone to do something.
The government mandated the wearing of masks in public spaces.
Often appears as...
- mandate wearing
- mandate masks
noun
A group of countries officially assigned to a foreign power to administer it.
After World War I, Syria became a French mandate.
Often appears as...
- french mandate
- british mandate
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Formal
Academic
noun
An official order or instruction given by a person in power.
The president has a clear mandate to carry out his policy.
Often appears as...
- clear mandate
- presidential mandate
noun
The authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern.
The party won the election and thus has a mandate from the people.
Often appears as...
- political mandate
- election mandate
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To officially order someone to do something.
The government mandated the wearing of masks in public spaces.
Often appears as...
- mandate wearing
- mandate masks
noun
A group of countries officially assigned to a foreign power to administer it.
After World War I, Syria became a French mandate.
Often appears as...
- french mandate
- british mandate
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Hierarchy Implication
Suggests someone powerful, like a leader, gave the orders.
The new school policy came as a direct mandate from the principal.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Connotation
Implies the order must be followed; it's not optional.
Our manager's mandate was clear: increase sales by 20%.
Pro Tip 1/2Hierarchy Implication
Suggests someone powerful, like a leader, gave the orders.
The new school policy came as a direct mandate from the principal.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Connotation
Implies the order must be followed; it's not optional.
Our manager's mandate was clear: increase sales by 20%.
Pro Tip 1/2Hierarchy Implication
Suggests someone powerful, like a leader, gave the orders.
The new school policy came as a direct mandate from the principal.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Connotation
Implies the order must be followed; it's not optional.
Our manager's mandate was clear: increase sales by 20%.
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Cory Richards: Pushing...
It's not just about adventure. It's not just about culture. It's about how we as a human family are impacting everything, and only through pushing my own boundaries as a storyteller and having that insatiable curiosity could I continue to do that. What does it look like when we mandate a way of life is different from something
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Why do we kiss under...
Hearing the news, Frigg became so overjoyed that she transformed the mistletoe from a symbol of death into one of peace and love. She mandated a one-day truce for all fights, and that everyone embrace beneath its branches when they passed to spread more love into the world.
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Why political...
mandated in the Constitution and the way we do it has resulted over time in the existence in the United States of to really large political parties okay two really large political parties that's what we're accustomed to here that's not what happens all over the world of
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How we must respond to...
while complying with the isolation mandates. Bill, I really want to thank you for spending this time with us and for the financial investment, the time investment. You've really invested your life into trying to solve these big problems. And this is as big as they get.
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What really matters at...
or that we mandate any particular way of dying. There are mountains of sorrow that cannot move, and one way or another, we will all kneel there. Rather, I am asking that we make space -- physical, psychic room, to allow life to play itself all the way out --
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How the pandemic will...
and you won't get to shape it and enjoy it quite that same way. And so without -- we don't want to mandate it, but yes, both you and I want to inspire philanthropists to see that passion, to see those opportunities significantly faster than in the past,
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The first and last king...
But while the king was initially popular among his subjects, his labor mandates were an uncomfortable reminder of the slavery Haitians fought to destroy. Over time, his increasingly authoritarian policies lost support,
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Can you solve the...
The election comes around, but before the results can be certified a third party candidate swoops in and burns the treefellow to a crisp. The freshly signed and deeply flawed constitution mandates that this challenger
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How to get serious about...
But let's be diversity and inclusion are not the same things. Diversity is a numbers game. Inclusion is about impact. Companies can mandate diversity, but they have to cultivate inclusion.
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Whatever happened to...
and convinced politicians that such policies would raise energy costs and threaten jobs. These obstacles led the government to delay changes, and mandate further research into the issue.
Video examples
Cory Richards: Pushing...
It's not just about adventure. It's not just about culture. It's about how we as a human family are impacting everything, and only through pushing my own boundaries as a storyteller and having that insatiable curiosity could I continue to do that. What does it look like when we mandate a way of life is different from something
Video examples
Why do we kiss under...
Hearing the news, Frigg became so overjoyed that she transformed the mistletoe from a symbol of death into one of peace and love. She mandated a one-day truce for all fights, and that everyone embrace beneath its branches when they passed to spread more love into the world.
Video examples
Why political...
mandated in the Constitution and the way we do it has resulted over time in the existence in the United States of to really large political parties okay two really large political parties that's what we're accustomed to here that's not what happens all over the world of
Video examples
How we must respond to...
while complying with the isolation mandates. Bill, I really want to thank you for spending this time with us and for the financial investment, the time investment. You've really invested your life into trying to solve these big problems. And this is as big as they get.
Video examples
What really matters at...
or that we mandate any particular way of dying. There are mountains of sorrow that cannot move, and one way or another, we will all kneel there. Rather, I am asking that we make space -- physical, psychic room, to allow life to play itself all the way out --
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How the pandemic will...
and you won't get to shape it and enjoy it quite that same way. And so without -- we don't want to mandate it, but yes, both you and I want to inspire philanthropists to see that passion, to see those opportunities significantly faster than in the past,
Video examples
The first and last king...
But while the king was initially popular among his subjects, his labor mandates were an uncomfortable reminder of the slavery Haitians fought to destroy. Over time, his increasingly authoritarian policies lost support,
Video examples
Can you solve the...
The election comes around, but before the results can be certified a third party candidate swoops in and burns the treefellow to a crisp. The freshly signed and deeply flawed constitution mandates that this challenger
Video examples
How to get serious about...
But let's be diversity and inclusion are not the same things. Diversity is a numbers game. Inclusion is about impact. Companies can mandate diversity, but they have to cultivate inclusion.
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Whatever happened to...
and convinced politicians that such policies would raise energy costs and threaten jobs. These obstacles led the government to delay changes, and mandate further research into the issue.
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Tim Griffin
American Politician
The health care law's individual mandate forces nearly all individuals to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The mandate cannot be severed from the rest of the law because it is the primary mechanism through which the law's changes are supported. Without the mandate, the law collapses.
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Mike Crapo
American Politician
It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our children's health.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Science is telling us that the reason people die is not because some god said so or because the laws of nature mandate it. People always die because of technical problems. And every technical problem has, in principle, a technical solution.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
It has always been a sign of desperation that racial-preference supporters argue that the government can honor the constitutional mandate not to discriminate on the basis of race only by discriminating on the basis of race.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
Plan B is really a little garage band of three people, and our mandate has been to help get difficult material, that might not otherwise get made, to the screen and to work with directors we respect.
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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
German Politician
The CDU is willing to continue to take responsibility for our country. We want to do justice to the government mandate.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
The OECD should promote everything that's consistent with its mandate, which is to make the world economy work better.
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Michele Bachmann
American Politician
I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.
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Fatos Nano
Albanian Statesman
To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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Tim Griffin
American Politician
The health care law's individual mandate forces nearly all individuals to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The mandate cannot be severed from the rest of the law because it is the primary mechanism through which the law's changes are supported. Without the mandate, the law collapses.
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Mike Crapo
American Politician
It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our children's health.
Quote examples
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Science is telling us that the reason people die is not because some god said so or because the laws of nature mandate it. People always die because of technical problems. And every technical problem has, in principle, a technical solution.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
It has always been a sign of desperation that racial-preference supporters argue that the government can honor the constitutional mandate not to discriminate on the basis of race only by discriminating on the basis of race.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
Plan B is really a little garage band of three people, and our mandate has been to help get difficult material, that might not otherwise get made, to the screen and to work with directors we respect.
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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
German Politician
The CDU is willing to continue to take responsibility for our country. We want to do justice to the government mandate.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
The OECD should promote everything that's consistent with its mandate, which is to make the world economy work better.
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Michele Bachmann
American Politician
I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.
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Fatos Nano
Albanian Statesman
To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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