mandated

[man-dey-tid]

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.”

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unmandated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mandated¹

mandate ( def. ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He added that he had hoped for more of a bounce back in traffic after the FAA’s mandated cuts were lifted.

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Justice Moraes on Tuesday mandated that full-time medical care be given to Bolsonaro, whose medical team has previously said he is suffering from worsening health.

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In these cases, the government followed none of the mandated procedures.

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But Wardley, 30, took the interim title from Parker with a huge upset in the 11th round at London's O2 Arena last month and was mandated to face Usyk before the end of September.

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The stock is up 64% since then, helped by a ruling in an antitrust case against the company which mandated only limited remedies to address its monopoly on internet search.

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Related Words

• assigned www.thesaurus.com
• authorized 
• charged 
• decreed www.thesaurus.com
• ordered