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That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem.
Les Aspin

Meaning of "mandate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANDATE

From Latin mandātum something commanded, from mandāre to command, perhaps from manus hand + dāre to give.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MANDATE

mandate  [ˈmændeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANDATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mandate is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mandate in English.

WHAT DOES MANDATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mandate

Mandate can refer to: ▪ Mandate, an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction ▪ Mandate, an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body ▪ Mandate, the power granted by an electorate ▪ Mandate, to some Christians, an order from God ▪ Mandate, a trade union in Ireland ▪ HMS Mandate, various ships of Britain's navy ▪ Mandate, a brash-brush typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton...

Definition of mandate in the English dictionary

The first definition of mandate in the dictionary is an official or authoritative instruction or command. Other definition of mandate is the support or commission given to a government and its policies or an elected representative and his policies through an electoral victory. Mandate is also Also called: mandated territory any of the territories under the trusteeship of the League of Nations administered by one of its member states.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MANDATE

PRESENT

Present
I mandate
you mandate
he/she/it mandates
we mandate
you mandate
they mandate
Present continuous
I am mandating
you are mandating
he/she/it is mandating
we are mandating
you are mandating
they are mandating
Present perfect
I have mandated
you have mandated
he/she/it has mandated
we have mandated
you have mandated
they have mandated
Present perfect continuous
I have been mandating
you have been mandating
he/she/it has been mandating
we have been mandating
you have been mandating
they have been mandating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mandated
you mandated
he/she/it mandated
we mandated
you mandated
they mandated
Past continuous
I was mandating
you were mandating
he/she/it was mandating
we were mandating
you were mandating
they were mandating
Past perfect
I had mandated
you had mandated
he/she/it had mandated
we had mandated
you had mandated
they had mandated
Past perfect continuous
I had been mandating
you had been mandating
he/she/it had been mandating
we had been mandating
you had been mandating
they had been mandating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mandate
you will mandate
he/she/it will mandate
we will mandate
you will mandate
they will mandate
Future continuous
I will be mandating
you will be mandating
he/she/it will be mandating
we will be mandating
you will be mandating
they will be mandating
Future perfect
I will have mandated
you will have mandated
he/she/it will have mandated
we will have mandated
you will have mandated
they will have mandated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mandating
you will have been mandating
he/she/it will have been mandating
we will have been mandating
you will have been mandating
they will have been mandating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mandate
you would mandate
he/she/it would mandate
we would mandate
you would mandate
they would mandate
Conditional continuous
I would be mandating
you would be mandating
he/she/it would be mandating
we would be mandating
you would be mandating
they would be mandating
Conditional perfect
I would have mandate
you would have mandate
he/she/it would have mandate
we would have mandate
you would have mandate
they would have mandate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mandating
you would have been mandating
he/she/it would have been mandating
we would have been mandating
you would have been mandating
they would have been mandating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mandate
we let´s mandate
you mandate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mandate
Past participle
mandated
Present Participle
mandating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANDATE


accommodate
əˈkɒməˌdeɪt
birthdate
ˈbɜːθdeɪt
candidate
ˈkændɪˌdeɪt
caudate
ˈkɔːdeɪt
consolidate
kənˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
date
deɪt
elucidate
ɪˈluːsɪˌdeɪt
emendate
ˈiːmɛndeɪt
intimidate
ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt
invalidate
ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt
iodate
ˈaɪəˌdeɪt
liquidate
ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt
revalidate
ˌriːˈvælɪˌdeɪt
rotundate
rəʊˈtʌndeɪt
update
ʌpˈdeɪt
validate
ˈvælɪˌdeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANDATE

mandala
Mandalay
mandalic
mandamus
mandarin
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin collar
mandarin duck
mandarin orange
mandarinate
mandarinic
mandarinism
mandatary
mandated territory
mandator
mandatories
mandatorily
mandatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANDATE

blind date
closing date
completion date
due date
end date
expiration date
expiry date
fecundate
inundate
of even date
out of date
payment date
publication date
raindate
release date
sell-by date
up to date
up-to-date
use-by date
vice-presidential candidate

Synonyms and antonyms of mandate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MANDATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mandate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mandate

Translation of «mandate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANDATE

Find out the translation of mandate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mandate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mandate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

授权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mandato
570 millions of speakers

English

mandate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जनादेश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мандат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mandato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হুকুম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mandat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mandat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mandat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

権限
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

권한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mandate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiệm vụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆணை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जनादेश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

manda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mandato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mandat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мандат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mandat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εντολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mandaat
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mandat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mandat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mandate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANDATE»

The term «mandate» is very widely used and occupies the 16.050 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANDATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mandate

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «MANDATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mandate.
1
Benigno Aquino III
Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.
2
Les Aspin
That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem.
3
Richard Ben-Veniste
Our mandate expects that we will build on the Joint Inquiry's investigation and we will not be re-inventing the wheel. But we go to places which the Joint Inquiry was not permitted to explore.
4
Fatou Bensouda
I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
5
Ben Bernanke
Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.
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Ben Bernanke
Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.
7
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.
8
Warren E. Burger
It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to 'discover' a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing.
9
Rene Cassin
The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up.
10
Lincoln Chafee
Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANDATE»

Discover the use of mandate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mandate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Challenging the Mandate of Heaven: Social Protest and State ...
This book, by bringing together studies of protest that span the Imperial, Republican, and Communist eras, introduces Chinese patterns and provides a forum to consider ways in which contentious politics in China might serve to reinforce, ...
Elizabeth J. Perry, 2002
2
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British ...
Now Segev explores the dramatic period before the creation of the state, when Britain ruled over "one Palestine, complete" (as noted in the receipt signed by the High Commissioner) and when its promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would ...
Tom Segev, 2013
3
Believer's Mandate
Believers Mandate----Foundations for Abundant Life is about building proper foundation of repentance, Holy Spirit activity, fellowship, developing your prayer life and helping you walk in the authority of Jesus Christ.
Nicky Raiborde, 2005
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A Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948
This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate.
Dov Gavish, 2005
5
A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool: Applying the ...
Written in clear and expressive language, this book offers a comprehensive review of research supporting playful learning along with succinct policy and practice recommendations that derive from this research.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Laura E. Berk, 2008
6
The Talent Mandate: Why Smart Companies Put People First
But as with eating healthy food and getting exercise, lip-service doesn’t make goals come true. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Benett explores how truly "talent centric" organizations thrive in today's changing economy.
Andrew Benett, W. Barksdale Maynard, Ann O'Reilly, 2013
7
The Mandate of Heaven: Hidden History in the I Ching
Scholars have increasingly dismissed the traditions surrounding the text, while many readers in both China and the West have been more willing to accept this divinatory work at face value.
S. J. Marshall, 2001
8
Mandate
As the clock ticks away Logan gradually becomes aware that he has been at the edge of the spider's web, without knowing it, for sometime. Mandate opens a window to both sides of the action.
Jonathan Tromane, 2012
9
Law and Identity in Mandate Palestine
Likhovski examines the legal history of Mandate Palestine, showing how law and identity interacted in a complex colonial society in which British rulers and Jewish and Arab subjects lived together.
Assaf Likhovski, 2006
10
Britain, Palestine, and Empire: The Mandate Years
Taking a fresh look at the years of the British mandate; its politics, economics, and culture, this volume will be valuable not only to scholars of the British mandate, but also more broadly to those interested in imperial history and the ...
Rory Miller, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANDATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mandate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bible publisher wins permanent victory over HHS mandate
Chicago, Ill. — A Bible publisher based in Illinois has won its lawsuit against the federal contraception mandate, with a final ruling delivered ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
State Rep. Adkins calls for sex assault kit-testing mandate
Adkins calls for sex assault kit-testing mandate. Lawmaker calls for mandatory sex assault kit testing. Clark Fouraker, 11:40 p.m. EDT July 20, ... «First Coast News, Jul 15»
3
Hope Mills commissioners mandate 'historic' lake level - Fayetteville …
HOPE MILLS - The town's centerpiece lake should be restored to its "historic elevation," the Board of Commissioners unanimously decided ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
4
Big 12 won't mandate scheduling requirements | News OK
Big 12 won't mandate scheduling requirements. by Berry Tramel Modified: July 20, 2015 at 11:55 am • Published: July 20, 2015. Advertisement. Big 12 ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
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Sen. Wieland Wins Appeal in Case Against Obamacare …
The United States Supreme Court ruled in Hobby Lobby that for-profit employers can be exempt from following the HHS Mandate under the ... «The Missouri Times, Jul 15»
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ObamaCare birth control mandate draws debate | San Diego 6 …
Under the mandate, religious groups such as Little Sisters of the Poor may opt out of the requirement if they voice their concerns in a formal ... «San Diego 6, Jul 15»
7
Christian publisher wins permanent injunction against contraceptive …
An Illinois publishing house that specializes in Bible sales has won a permanent injunction against enforcement of the contraceptive mandate ... «Catholic Culture, Jul 15»
8
Did 15 Million—Not 6.6 Million—Pay Obamacare's Mandate Penalty …
The media have reported that 6.6 million “taxpayers” paid the Obamacare penalty (tax) for not obeying the individual mandate to buy federally ... «The Beacon, Jul 15»
9
Eighth Circuit Allows Religious Liberty Suit vs. Obamacare Abortion …
The HHS Mandate directs that - despite religious objections - all health insurance plans must cover contraception, including FDA-approved ... «Christian News Wire, Jul 15»
10
Eighth Circuit OKs New Challenge to Contraception Mandate
"The mandate challenged in the Wielands' complaint requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to include coverage for ... «The National Law Journal, Jul 15»

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