What does MANDATE mean?
Definitions for MANDATE
ˈmæn deɪtman·date
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Princeton's WordNet
mandate, authorization, authorisationnoun
a document giving an official instruction or command
mandate, mandatorynoun
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandateverb
the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
mandateverb
assign under a mandate
"mandate a colony"
mandateverb
make mandatory
"the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
mandateverb
assign authority to
GCIDE
Mandatenoun
Hence: (Politics) An authorization to carry out a specific public policy, given by the electorate to their representatives; -- it is considered to be implied by the election of a candidate by a significant margin after that candidate has campaigned with that policy as a prominent element of the campaign platform.
Mandatenoun
Hence: Authorization by a multinational body to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a territory, usually a former colony; as, termination of the British mandate in Palestine.
Wiktionary
mandatenoun
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
mandateverb
to authorize
Etymology: Noun is from mandatum, neut of. mandatus, past participle of mandare, from manus + dare. Compare command, commend, demand, remand.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mandatenoun
Etymology: mandatum, Latin.
Her force is not any where so apparent as in express mandates or prohibitions, especially upon advice and consultation going before. Richard Hooker, b. i.
The necessity of the times cast the power of the three estates upon himself, that his mandates should pass for laws, whereby he laid what taxes he pleased. James Howell, Vocal Forest.
Who knows,
If the scarce bearded Cæsar have not sent
His powerful mandate to you. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.This Moor,
Your special mandate, for the state affairs,
Hath hither brought. William Shakespeare, Othello.He thought the mandate forg’d, your death conceal’d. Dryd.
This dream all powerful Juno sends, I bear
Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear:
Haste, arm your Ardeans. John Dryden, Æn.
ChatGPT
mandate
A mandate is an official order or command, often given by a higher authority, such as a government or court, to perform a particular action or task. It can also refer to the authority granted to an individual or organization to act or govern, usually granted through an election or other formal decision-making process.
Webster Dictionary
Mandatenoun
an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept
Mandatenoun
a rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation
Mandatenoun
a contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous
Etymology: [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.]
Wikidata
Mandate
In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative. The concept of a government having a legitimate mandate to govern via the fair winning of a democratic election is a central idea of representative democracy. New governments who attempt to introduce policies that they did not make public during an election campaign are said to not have a legitimate mandate to implement such policies. Elections, especially ones with a large margin of victory, are often said to give the newly elected government or elected official an implicit mandate to put into effect certain policies. Also, the period during which a government serves between elections is often referred to as a mandate and when the government seeks re-election it is said to be seeking a "new mandate". In some languages, a 'mandate' can mean a parliamentary seat won in an election rather than the electoral victory itself.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mandate
man′dāt, n. a charge: a command from a superior official or judge to an inferior, ordering him how to act, esp. from the Pope to a legate, &c.: a right given to a person to act in name of another: a rescript of the Pope.—ns. Man′datary, Man′datory, one to whom a mandate is given by a Man′dator.—adj. Man′datory, containing a mandate or command; preceptive: directory. [Fr. mandat—L. mandātum, mandāre—manus, hand, dăre, give.]
Editors Contribution
mandate
A peaceful, easy, accurate, specific and simple signal sent by an electorate to a country or specific form of unity government at an election or during a unity government term to action their collective choices, voices and policies and ensure their collective authority is created, changed, provided and actioned responsibly, easily, effectively and efficiently.
The electorate gave their mandate for change by choosing a unity government, leadership by the political party that received the visible number of votes in the election.
Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MANDATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MANDATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of MANDATE in a Sentence
In one time period, Gwinnett County reported 3,046 COVID cases, and Cobb County, which is mask mandate optional, 2,797 cases, the masks don’t work.
I will consolidate them into a new agency that has a clear mandate to promote the core, Judeo-Christian, Western values that we and our friends and allies share -- the values of human rights, the values of democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of association.
You know, now is the time to really get all of us included and get everybody back to work so we get some normalcy around here. But I know everybody still feels it, and there’s a whole community of people that have lost their jobs due to this mandate as well. And I’m just putting care out for them most importantly, and standing alongside of them.
The last thing that Americans need right now is another mandate that further prevents hardworking citizens from having the freedom to live their lives, americans should have the right to make the best decision for themselves when it comes to getting the COVID vaccine. As lawmakers, what we need to do is educate the public in an honest way about the vaccine, and then allow them to make the choice for themselves. President Biden’s vaccine mandate is a cheap, unconstitutional overreach of governance and we will not stand by while it happens.
The party has a strong mandate from both our members and the people. Quitting the government at this point would be irresponsible and create a political crisis in Finland.
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