mandate

See also: Mandate, mandaté, and man date

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EtymologyEdit

Noun is from Latin mandatum ‎(“a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”), neut of. mandatus, past participle of mandare ‎(“to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands”), from manus ‎(“hand”) + dare ‎(“to put”). Compare command, commend, demand, remand.

The verb is from the noun.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.deɪt/

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NounEdit

mandate ‎(plural mandates)

1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

TranslationsEdit

official command

• Catalan: mandat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (authorisation) 授權 (zh), 授权 (zh) ‎(shòuquán), (power; right; privilege) 權利 (zh), 权利 (zh) ‎(quánlì), (order; command) 命令 (zh) ‎(mìnglìng)

• Finnish: mandaatti (fi), valtuutus (fi), valtakirja (fi)
• French: mandat (fr) m
• German: Mandat (de) n
• Italian: mandato (it) m

• Japanese: 委任 (ja) ‎(いにん, inin), 指図 (ja) ‎(さしず, sashizu)
• Malay: Mandat
• Persian: دستور (fa) ‎(dastur)
• Portuguese: mandato (pt) m
• Russian: манда́т (ru) m ‎(mandát), полномо́чие (ru) n ‎(polnomóčije)
• Spanish: mandato (es) m
• Turkish: manda (tr)

VerbEdit

mandate ‎(third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)

1. to authorize
2. to make mandatory

Derived termsEdit

• mandatary
• mandator
• mandatory

TranslationsEdit

authorize

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 授權 (zh), 授权 (zh) ‎(shòuquán)

• Finnish: valtuuttaa

• French: autoriser (fr)
• Russian: уполномо́чивать (ru) ‎(upolnomóčivatʹ), авторизова́ть (ru) ‎(avtorizovátʹ), одобря́ть (ru) ‎(odobrjátʹ)

External linksEdit

• mandate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mandate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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PronunciationEdit

• Homophones: mandatent, mandates

VerbEdit

mandate

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandater
2. third-person singular present indicative of mandater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mandater
4. second-person singular imperative of mandater

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NounEdit

mandate f

1. plural of mandata

VerbEdit

mandate

1. second-person plural present of mandare
2. second-person plural imperative of mandare
3. feminine plural past participle of mandare

AnagramsEdit

• damante

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LatinEdit

ParticipleEdit

mandāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mandātus