mandate
noun
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative.
mandates
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pluralof mandate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof mandate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
mandatenouna command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative.
Example Sentences
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It mandates that immigrant and other detainees are afforded privacy, safety, hygienic living conditions and other rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
They are both members of the north Atlantic defence alliance, which mandates members to defend a fellow member-nation should they be attacked.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
It introduces a slew of reforms aimed at strengthening the electric grid and mandates that data centers pay for all of their associated transmission costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
These mandates have helped draw growing quantities of domestic soybean oil toward biomass-based diesel production.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
