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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•cree /dɪˈkri/USA pronunciation n., v., -creed, -cree•ing.
n. [countable] - a formal order usually having the force of law:a presidential decree.
- Lawa judicial decision or order:The judge issued a decree forbidding him to leave the state.
v. - to command, order, or decide by or as if by decree: [ ~ + obj]:The king decreed an amnesty.[ ~ + (that) clause]:The judge decreed that the parent could visit the children five times a year.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•cree (di krē′),USA pronunciation n., v., -creed, -cree•ing. n. - a formal and authoritative order, esp. one having the force of law:a presidential decree.
- Lawa judicial decision or order.
- Religion[Theol.]one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained.
v.t., v.i. - to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
- Latin dēcrētum, noun, nominal use of neuter of dēcrētus, past participle of dēcernere; see decern; (verb, verbal) Middle English decreen, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Anglo-French decre, decret
- (noun, nominal) Middle English decre 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: decree /dɪˈkriː/ n - an edict, law, etc, made by someone in authority
- an order or judgment of a court made after hearing a suit, esp in matrimonial proceedings
vb (decrees, decreeing, decreed)- to order, adjudge, or ordain by decree
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French decre, from Latin dēcrētum ordinance, from dēcrētus decided, past participle of dēcernere to determine; see decern |