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mandate1 nounmandate2 verb mandateman‧date1 /ˈmændeɪt/ ●○○ noun   mandate1Origin: 1500-1600 Latin mandatum, from mandare ‘to give into someone's hand, command’, from manus ‘hand’ + dare ‘to give’ - Lebanon became a French mandate after World War I.
- It is this secondary mandate which ensures that our bi-cameral system can properly function.
- On closer inspection, however, that mandate appears to be distinctly fragile.
- Preval has no mandate and he knows it.
- The result was seen as crucial in that it provided Sandiford with a personal mandate to govern.
- The White House initiative functioned in this way not as a mandate but as a disincentive.
- While he has railed against new government mandates, Dole supported a mandate requiring more use of ethanol.
► Governmentabsolutism, nounadministration, nounagency, nounagent, nounagent provocateur, nounalderman, nounally, nounassembly, nounautarchy, nounautocracy, nounautocrat, nounautonomous, adjectiveautonomy, nounban, nounbaron, nounbig government, nounbilateral, adjectivebody politic, nounbudget, nounbureau, nounbureaucracy, nouncabinet, nouncaliphate, nouncanton, nouncanvass, verbcapital, nouncapitalist, nounCapitol Hill, nounCBE, nouncede, verbcentral, adjectivecentral government, nouncentralism, nouncentralize, verbchancellery, nounchancery, nouncharter, nouncharter, verbchief, nounCIA, the, city hall, nouncity-state, nounclient state, nounCo., coalition, nouncold war, nouncolonial, adjectivecolonial, nouncolonialism, nouncolonize, verbcolony, nouncommissioner, nouncommune, nounconsort, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectiveconstitutionality, nounconvention, nouncoronation, nouncount, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountess, nouncounty, nouncounty council, noundecolonize, verbdemocracy, noundemocratic, adjectivedependency, noundespotism, noundétente, noundethrone, verbdevolution, noundictatorial, adjectivedictatorship, noundiplomacy, noundiplomatic immunity, noundirective, noundisinformation, noundispatch, noundispensation, noundissent, verbdistrict council, noundocumentation, nounDOD, dominion, nounDowning Street, noundynasty, nounearl, nounearldom, nounempire, nounEuro, adjectiveEurope, nounexecutive, nounexecutive privilege, nounfall, verbfall, nounfederalism, nounfeudal, adjectivefeudalism, nounfeudalistic, adjectivegazette, nounhead of state, nounhigh commission, nounimperial, adjectiveindependence, nounindependent, adjectiveinfrastructure, nouninstigate, verbinsurgent, nouninsurrection, nounintelligence, nouninternal, adjectivejunket, nounjunta, nounkingdom, nounkingship, nounkitchen cabinet, nounland office, nounland registry, nounlegation, nounlegislature, nounlicensed, adjectivelocal authority, nounlocal government, nounmaharajah, nounmaharani, nounmandate, nounmandated, adjectivemartial law, nounMBE, nounmeasure, nounmidterm, nounministry, nounminority government, nounmisrule, nounmonarchy, nounmonolith, nounmonolithic, adjectivemoratorium, nounmouthpiece, nounmove, verbmover, nounmunicipal, adjectivemunicipality, nounNASA, nounnational, adjectivenational debt, nounNational Health Service, the, nationalize, verbnational monument, nounnation state, nounNATO, nounneocolonialism, nounneutral, adjectiveneutral, nounneutralize, verbnon-aligned, adjectivenon-intervention, nounnon-proliferation, noun-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixofficiate, verboligarchy, nounoperational, adjectiveoperative, nounoverthrow, verboverthrow, nounoverturn, verbpacify, verbpact, nounpalatinate, nounpardon, nounparish, nounpartition, nounpass, verbpeer, nounpeer, verbpeerage, nounpeeress, nounpermit, nounplenary, adjectiveplutocracy, nounpolice state, nounpolitburo, nounpolitical science, nounpolity, nounpork, nounpork barrel, nounportfolio, nounpossession, nounprecinct, nounprefecture, nounpremiership, nounpresidium, nounprotectorate, nounpublic, adjectivepublic service, nounquota, nounR, ratify, verbrealm, nounrecall, nounrecognition, nounrecognize, verbregency, nounregent, nounregime, nounregister, nounregulation, nounrelease, nounrepeal, verbrepresentative, nounrepressive, adjectiverepublic, nounrepublican, adjectiverescind, verbreunify, verbrevoke, verbrising, nounroyalist, nounruling, adjectivesanction, nounseat, nounsecret agent, nounsecurity service, nounself-governing, adjectiveself-rule, nounsheikh, nounshire, nounsocial democracy, nounsocialist, adjectivesocial service, nounsovereign, adjectivesovereignty, nounspin doctor, nounstaff, nounstate, nounstatehood, nounStatehouse, nounstate line, nounstate of emergency, nounstatewide, adjectivesubject, adjectivesubject, verbsultanate, nounsummit, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsupranational, adjectivesurgery, nounsuzerainty, nountechnocracy, nounterritory, nounthrone, nountopple, verbtotalitarian, adjectivetown planning, nountownship, nountransit visa, nountreaty, nountribalism, nountripartite, adjectivetrusteeship, nountsarism, nountyrant, nountzarism, noununconstitutional, adjectiveunification, noununify, verbunilateral, adjectiveunion, nounUnion Jack, nounvassal, nounVIP, nounviscount, nounviscountess, nounwelfare state, nounWhitehall, noun adjectives► a clear mandate· The vote gave the trade union a clear mandate to pursue a better settlement. ► a popular mandate (=when someone or something wins a vote by a large amount)· He called the election in the hope of receiving a popular mandate. ► an electoral mandate (=gained by winning an election)· Ford took over when Nixon resigned, and thus did not have an electoral mandate of his own. verbs► have a mandate· In Venezuela, Chavez said he had a mandate for reform. ► give somebody a mandate· He hoped that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate in the election. ► win a mandate· He won his mandate to continue his premiership. ► receive/obtain/get a mandate· On this issue he does seem to have received a clear mandate from the electorate. ► seek a mandate (=ask for a vote to show agreement with a leader or with ideas)· The government was seeking a mandate to continue the war. ADJECTIVE► clear· After the 1987 election Mrs Thatcher can claim to have a very clear mandate.· But in four previous attempts, Peres was unable to win a clear electoral mandate himself.· On none of these issues does he seem to have received a clear mandate from the electorate.· Others argue that any new government must have a clear mandate for change.· Sometimes, court action is the only alternative if agreement or a clear statutory mandate are the only bases of partnership-based intervention.· Each division will have clear mandates in its domestic markets, and a logically defined export area.· The election result is a clear mandate for the Government to proceed with the reforms of the National Health Service and education. ► federal· Give states more flexibility to use their own funds for the poor without regard to federal mandates contained in the new law.· Dole now plays down the legislation because of criticism that it has amounted to an unfunded federal mandate.· Dole campaigns vigorously against federal mandates that require states to provide stipulated social benefits or meet a variety of federal guidelines.· This is a federal mandate, but we are a small town where people help each other.· The center also helped school personnel to cope with state and federal mandates relative to identifying and teaching the special learner.· Money spent complying with the federal mandates could have gone to repair the water system, Vargas said. ► new· If a change of bank is involved then a new mandate must be set up with the Institute and the bank.· This was high statesmanship, since each planned to use a new mandate to enact politically courageous and unpopular things.· While he has railed against new government mandates, Dole supported a mandate requiring more use of ethanol.· The fiscal rub arises because of new mandates that the hours a welfare recipient works gradually increase to 30 per week.· It reflects the contested and dubious nature of the new president's mandate. ► popular· Even without it the Unionists had a popular mandate such as no Westminster government has enjoyed. VERB► claim· The Prime Minister will brandish his meaningless majority after the Division tonight and claim it as a mandate for Maastricht. ► give· The courts have not been given a mandate to spell out collective responsibilities, and even less to police them.· No other professional in the school, save the principal, is given such a sweeping mandate to carry out. ► limit· He was put in office last year with a limited mandate and had promised to resign by the end of 1995.· Dictatorship will especially emphasize the absence of a limited mandate for the political leaders.· One critical element of authoritarianism, shared with a dictatorship, is the absence of a limited mandate. ► seek· He said Labour was seeking a mandate for the action needed to pull Britain out of recession.· President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro rejected his resignation and told him to go to parliament to seek another mandate.· Heseltine, in contrast, would have been obliged to seek his own mandate as soon as the Gulf war ended.· Moreover, the Labour Party does not seek a mandate for its policies from the Northern Ireland electorate.· I sought a mandate from my constituents to oppose the poll tax and made it plain exactly what I would do. ► win· The first, a deep and strong desire, was that he should win his own mandate from the people.· But in four previous attempts, Peres was unable to win a clear electoral mandate himself. 1[countable] if a government or official has a mandate to make important decisions, they have the authority to make the decisions because they have been elected by the people to do somandate to do something The president was elected with a clear mandate to tackle violent crime.mandate for a popular mandate for election reformmandate from I sought a mandate from my constituents to oppose this tax.have/be given a mandate Sometimes a president thinks he has more of a mandate than he really does.2[countable] an official instruction given to a person or organization, allowing them to do something: Matters debated in meetings do not become a mandate automatically.3[countable, uncountable] the power given to one country to govern another countryCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa clear mandate· The vote gave the trade union a clear mandate to pursue a better settlement.a popular mandate (=when someone or something wins a vote by a large amount)· He called the election in the hope of receiving a popular mandate.an electoral mandate (=gained by winning an election)· Ford took over when Nixon resigned, and thus did not have an electoral mandate of his own.verbshave a mandate· In Venezuela, Chavez said he had a mandate for reform.give somebody a mandate· He hoped that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate in the election.win a mandate· He won his mandate to continue his premiership.receive/obtain/get a mandate· On this issue he does seem to have received a clear mandate from the electorate.seek a mandate (=ask for a vote to show agreement with a leader or with ideas)· The government was seeking a mandate to continue the war.mandate1 nounmandate2 verb mandateman‧date2 /mænˈdeɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEmandate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | mandate | | he, she, it | mandates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mandated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mandated | | he, she, it | has mandated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mandated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mandate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mandated |
- The state mandates that high school students take three years of English.
- The topic being debated was whether a doctor is mandated to stop life-sustaining treatment at the patient's request.
- He argued that what really mattered in science teaching could never be mandated and could only be acquired by experience of teaching.
- If enacted, the new law would force them to charge three strikes in all cases mandated by the legislation.
- It also mandated that no child could be hit without parental consent.
- It was the state that mandated the date for the charter election.
- State of the Union speeches are mandated by the Constitution.
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