mandate
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a document giving an official instruction or command
Types & categories
- legal document hypernym
Related & opposite
- authorized attribute
- unauthorized attribute
- mandate derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 2 verb
assign under a mandate
mandate a colony
Types & categories
- assign hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
make mandatory
the new director of the school board mandated regular tests
Types & categories
- dictate hypernym
Related & opposite
- authorization derivation
- mandatory derivation
Sense 5 noun
the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
Types & categories
- commissioning hypernym
Related & opposite
- mandate derivation
- political science domain topic
Sense 6 verb
assign authority to
Types & categories
- assign hypernym
Related & opposite
- mandator derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | authorized |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unauthorized |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal document |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandatory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assign |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | territory |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Palestine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandatory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dictate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandate |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | commissioning |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mandator |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | assign |