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| 1. | [ noun ] (writing) a document giving an official instruction or command | |
| Synonyms: | authorization authorisation | |
| Related terms: | legal_document law unauthorized authorized | |
| 2. | [ verb ] assign under a mandate; of nations | |
| Related terms: | delegate mandator | |
| 3. | [ verb ] assign authority to | |
| Related terms: | delegate mandator | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (geography) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state | |
| Synonyms: | district territory province dominion colony territorial_dominion | |
| Related terms: | possession region development Palestine enclave Attica jurisdiction protectorate Boeotia goldfield residential_district Yukon nunavut Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands American_Samoa Castile Acadia Northwest_Territories athos Northern_Territory congressional_district city_district administrative_district Faroe_Islands Lothian_Region Sabah East_Malaysia Macao West_Malaysia Sarawak French_Polynesia Aragon Natal Catalonia Kordofan british_virgin_islands american_virgin_islands louisiana_purchase Palatinate acre lake_district possession borderland northern_mariana_islands trust_territory Galloway zone | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (geography) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves and so put under the tutelage of some other European power | |
| Synonyms: | mandatory | |
| Related terms: | territory Palestine | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make mandatory | |
| Examples: | "the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests" |
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| Related terms: | order | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (politics) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory | |
| Related terms: | commission politics | |
| Similar spelling: |
Mandato mandator mandatory mandatary |
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