Dictionary Entry

mandate

mandate is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1noun
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
2noun
A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation.
3noun
A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.
4noun
the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
5noun
a document giving an official instruction or command
Synonyms
authorisation authorization
6noun
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
Synonyms
mandatory
7verb
assign authority to
8verb
make mandatory
"the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
9verb
assign under a mandate
"mandate a colony"

Synonyms

authorisation authorization mandatory

Common word forms

mandated mandates mandating

Words from these letters

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