mandated

[ man-dey-tid ]
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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.

  1. 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.

  2. (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.

Origin of mandated

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Other words from mandated

  • un·man·dat·ed, adjective

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