English
mandate
Etymology 1

Noun is borrowed from Latin mandātum, neut of.

The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation
Noun
  • IPA: /ˈmændeɪt/
Verb
  • IPA: /ˈmændeɪt/, /mænˈdeɪt/
Noun

mandate (plural mandates)

  1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
    Synonyms: compulsion, obligation
  2. (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
  3. (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
  4. (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
    1. (historical) Such a territory.
Translations Translations Verb

mandate (mandates, present participle mandating; simple past and past participle mandated)

  1. To authorize.
  2. To make mandatory.
Translations Etymology 2

From man + date.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmæn.deɪt/
Noun

mandate (plural mandates)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
    • 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:
      Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a mandate with him.
      Roy: It is not a mandate. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!


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