mandate

== English == === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1521; borrowed from Latin mandātum (“a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”), substantivized from the neuter forms of mandātus, perfect passive participle of mandō (“to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from manus (“hand”) + -dere (“to put”). Sense 3 in Canadian English is likely a semantic loan from French mandat. ==== Pronunciation ==== (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈmændeɪ̯t/, [ˈmændeɪ̯t] (æ-raising) (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmeə̯ndeɪ̯t/, [ˈmeə̯ndeɪ̯t]; /ˈmɛə̯ndeɪ̯t/, [ˈmɛə̯ndeɪ̯t] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ̝ːndæ̝ɪ̯t/, [ˈmɛ̝ːndæ̝ɪ̯t] Hyphenation: man‧date ==== Noun ==== mandate (plural mandates) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization. Synonyms: compulsion, obligation; authority, sanction; see also Thesaurus:permission (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate. (Canada) A period during which a government is in power. (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. (historical) Such a territory. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1623; partly directly borrowed from Latin mandātus (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more), partly from the above noun by metanalysis. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmændeɪt/, /mænˈdeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Verb ==== mandate (third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated) To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command. To make mandatory. To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From man +‎ date. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmæn.deɪt/ ==== Noun ==== mandate (plural mandates) (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! === References === “mandate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “mandate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mandate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɑ̃.dat/ Homophones: mandatent, mandates === Verb === mandate inflection of mandater: first/third-person singular present indicative first-person singular present subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /manˈda.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: man‧dà‧te === Verb === mandate inflection of mandare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Participle === mandate feminine plural of mandato === Noun === mandate f plural of mandata === Anagrams === Damante, damante == Latin == === Participle === mandāte vocative masculine singular of mandātus == Romanian == === Noun === mandate indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural of mandat == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /manˈdate/ [mãn̪ˈd̪a.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: man‧da‧te === Verb === mandate second-person singular voseo imperative of mandar combined with te inflection of mandatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative