mandate
Other forms: mandates; mandated; mandating
A mandate is an official command or a go-ahead. When a politician wins an election by a wide margin, that's a mandate to implement her ideas.
A mandate gives authority. If the government gives schools a mandate to test more, then the schools had better give more tests. People who work for the Peace Corps have a mandate to help various countries with things like getting clean drinking water. A politician who believes in higher taxes and then gets elected considers that a mandate to raise taxes. When you have a mandate, it's like a ticket to get something done.
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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do somethingsynonyms: charge, commission, directiontypes:misdirectionan incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
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a document giving an official instruction or commandsynonyms: authorisation, authorizationtype of:instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
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the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
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assign under a mandate
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assign authority to
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make mandatory
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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
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