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• past tense form of mandate.
• past participle of mandate.

mandated

American  

[man-dey-tid] / ˈmæn deɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. authorized or decreed, as by the passing of a law.

   Federal agencies are making preparations to manage the mandated spending cuts.

2. ordered or required; made mandatory.

   There were not enough faculty to teach the mandated core curriculum.

3. operating under a mandate or obligation, as an elected government, a person to whom a certain law or regulation applies, etc..

   After a record voter turnout, it will be interesting to see how this heavily mandated government performs.

   All first responders have been added to the list of mandated reporters of elder abuse.

4. (of a territory, colony, etc.) consigned to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.

   Following World War I, the 1919 Peace Conference gave the losers' overseas territories to the victors as “mandated territories.”

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mandate.

Other Word Forms

• unmandated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of mandated

mandate ( def. ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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mandated

Historically, it has been up to Congress to oversee monetary policy through a semiannual hearing mandated by law.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Analyst target prices on SpaceX flooded in Tuesday after the end of a mandated quiet period in the wake of its blockbuster IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The SEC mandated semiannual reports in 1955 and quarterly reports, as Atkins said, in 1970.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

This represents just 2.7% of GDP by 2030, well short of the 3% mandated by Nato.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

There are many reasons for the inclusion of diversity in education, not the least of which is a mandated curriculum in many school districts.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

• assigned
• authorized
• charged
• decreed
• ordered