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Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandate" title="mandate – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="mandate" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> 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<span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/manus#Latin" title="manus">manus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">hand</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/do#Latin" title="do">dare</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to put</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span 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Compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/command#English" title="command">command</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/commend#English" title="commend">commend</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/demand#English" title="demand">demand</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/remand#English" title="remand">remand</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/countermand#English" title="countermand">countermand</a></i>. </p><p>The verb is from the noun. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Noun</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:League_of_Nations_mandate_Middle_East_and_Africa.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/League_of_Nations_mandate_Middle_East_and_Africa.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="218" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="218" /></a><figcaption>A map showing Middle Eastern and African mandates.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmændeɪt/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-us-mandate.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-us-mandate.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-us-mandate.ogg/En-us-mandate.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-mandate.ogg" title="File:en-us-mandate.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mandate1.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <dl><dt>Verb</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmændeɪt/</span>, <span class="IPA">/mænˈdeɪt/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mandate2.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/e%C9%AAt" title="Rhymes:English/eɪt"><span class="IPA">-eɪt</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mandate</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandates#English" title="mandates">mandates</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>An <a href="/wiki/official" title="official">official</a> or <a href="/wiki/authoritative" title="authoritative">authoritative</a> <a href="/wiki/command" title="command">command</a>; an <a href="/wiki/order" title="order">order</a> or <a href="/wiki/injunction" title="injunction">injunction</a>; a <a href="/wiki/commission" title="commission">commission</a>; a <a href="/wiki/judicial" title="judicial">judicial</a> <a href="/wiki/precept" title="precept">precept</a>; an <a href="/wiki/authorization" title="authorization">authorization</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/compulsion#English" title="compulsion">compulsion</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/obligation#English" title="obligation">obligation</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1830</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham" class="extiw" title="w:Jeremy Bentham">Jeremy Bentham</a>, <cite>Constitutional code: for the use all nations and all governments ...</cite>, volume 1, page <span class="None" lang="und">251</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Enactive. Expositive. / Art. 57. XIII 2. The Registrative, or say Recordative: exercised, by the arrangements and operations, by which, in conformity to corresponding ordinances and <b>mandates</b>, the accounts, given at different periods by the exercise of the statistic function, are kept in contiguity, and in a regular series, for the purpose of reference and comparison.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2017</b> March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in <cite>The Observer</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/26/observer-editorial-triggering-of-article-50-jeopardises-60-years-of-unparalleled-peace">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Instead, May, more sheep than shepherd, has feebly allowed herself to be driven ever further towards an extreme, inflexible, take-it-or-leave-it stance for which she has neither <b>mandate</b> nor credible grounds.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/politics" title="politics">politics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/order" title="order">order</a> or <a href="/wiki/authority" title="authority">authority</a> to do something, as granted to a <a href="/wiki/politician" title="politician">politician</a> by the <a href="/wiki/electorate" title="electorate">electorate</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2002</b></span>, Leroy G. Dorsey, <cite>The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership</cite>, Texas A&M University Press, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781603444439" title="Special:BookSources/9781603444439">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">30</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">John Tyler and James K. Polk both regarded the election results as a <b>mandate</b> for the annexation of Texas.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Canadian English">Canada</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A period during which a government is in power. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2000</b> October 6, John Richards, “Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1919-2000”, in <cite>The Globe and Mail</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191009154609/http://images.globeandmail.com/series/trudeau/jrichards_oct06.html">[2]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://images.globeandmail.com/series/trudeau/jrichards_oct06.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-10-09">9 October 2019</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Throughout his last <b>mandate</b>, from 1980 to 1984, Mr. Trudeau insisted that we see ourselves solely as Canadians, that we set aside the historic compromises that underlie Canada as a federation.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An order by the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I. <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Such a territory.</li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dual_mandate#English" title="dual mandate">dual mandate</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandate_fraud#English" title="mandate fraud">mandate fraud</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-official_command"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">official command</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="official command"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Albanian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="sq"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8#Arabic" title="انتداب">اِنْتِدَاب</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">intidāb</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85#Arabic" title="حكم">حُكْم</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85" class="extiw" title="ar:حكم">(ar)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḥukm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="մանդատ (page does not exist)">մանդատ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BF" class="extiw" title="hy:մանդատ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandat</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D6%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="հանձնագիր (page does not exist)">հանձնագիր</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D6%80" class="extiw" title="hy:հանձնագիր">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">hanjnagir</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/wiki/aginpide#Basque" title="aginpide">aginpide</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Belarusian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Bulgarian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:мандат">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4#Bulgarian" title="заповед">за́повед</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4" class="extiw" title="bg:заповед">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">zápoved</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="нареждане (page does not exist)">наре́ждане</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="bg:нареждане">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">naréždane</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/mandat#Catalan" title="mandat">mandat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandat" class="extiw" title="ca:mandat">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">authorisation</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%8E%88%E6%AC%8A#Mandarin" title="授權">授權</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%8E%88%E6%9D%83#Mandarin" title="授权">授权</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8E%88%E6%AC%8A" class="extiw" title="zh:授權">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">shòuquán</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">power; right; privilege</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9#Mandarin" title="權利">權利</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9D%83%E5%88%A9#Mandarin" title="权利">权利</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9" class="extiw" title="zh:權利">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">quánlì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">order; command</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%91%BD%E4%BB%A4#Mandarin" title="命令">命令</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%91%BD%E4%BB%A4" class="extiw" title="zh:命令">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">mìnglìng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/mand%C3%A1t#Czech" title="mandát">mandát</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mandaat#Dutch" title="mandaat">mandaat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandaat" class="extiw" title="nl:mandaat">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/mandato#Esperanto" title="mandato">mandato</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandato" class="extiw" title="eo:mandato">(eo)</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="et"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/mandaatti#Finnish" title="mandaatti">mandaatti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandaatti" class="extiw" title="fi:mandaatti">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/valtuutus#Finnish" title="valtuutus">valtuutus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/valtuutus" class="extiw" title="fi:valtuutus">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/valtakirja#Finnish" title="valtakirja">valtakirja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/valtakirja" class="extiw" title="fi:valtakirja">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mandat#French" title="mandat">mandat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandat" class="extiw" title="fr:mandat">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="ka"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Mandat#German" title="Mandat">Mandat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mandat" class="extiw" title="de:Mandat">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="trreq" data-lang="el"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="trreq" data-lang="he"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="अधिदेश (page does not exist)">अधिदेश</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">adhideś</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="शासनादेश (page does not exist)">शासनादेश</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">śāsnādeś</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="hu"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/mandat#Indonesian" title="mandat">mandat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandat" class="extiw" title="id:mandat">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/mandato#Italian" title="mandato">mandato</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandato" class="extiw" title="it:mandato">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A7%94%E4%BB%BB#Japanese" title="委任">委任</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A7%94%E4%BB%BB" class="extiw" title="ja:委任">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">いにん, inin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%8C%87%E5%9B%B3#Japanese" title="指図">指図</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8C%87%E5%9B%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:指図">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">さしず, sashizu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mandatum#Latin" title="mandatum">mandātum</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="lv"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="lt"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Macedonian" title="мандат">мандат</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandat</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/mandat#Malay" title="mandat">mandat</a></span></li> <li>Mongolian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="mn"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Persian: <dl><dd>Iranian Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1#Persian" title="دستور">دَسْتور</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">dastur</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85#Persian" title="حکم">حُکْم</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">hokm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/mandado#Portuguese" title="mandado">mandado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandado" class="extiw" title="pt:mandado">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Russian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82" class="extiw" title="ru:мандат">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="полномочие">полномо́чие</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:полномочие">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">polnomóčije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="поручение">поруче́ние</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:поручение">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">poručénije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="распоряжение">распоряже́ние</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:распоряжение">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">rasporjažénije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="указание">указа́ние</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:указание">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">ukazánije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE#Russian" title="обязательство">обяза́тельство</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" class="extiw" title="ru:обязательство">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">objazátelʹstvo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mandato#Spanish" title="mandato">mandato</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandato" class="extiw" title="es:mandato">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%A5bud#Swedish" title="påbud">påbud</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%A5bud" class="extiw" title="sv:påbud">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="trreq" data-lang="th"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/manda#Turkish" title="manda">manda</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/manda" class="extiw" title="tr:manda">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Ukrainian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/ch%E1%BB%89_th%E1%BB%8B#Vietnamese" title="chỉ thị">chỉ thị</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%E1%BB%89_th%E1%BB%8B" class="extiw" title="vi:chỉ thị">(vi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/l%E1%BB%87nh#Vietnamese" title="lệnh">lệnh</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%E1%BB%87nh" class="extiw" title="vi:lệnh">(vi)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-the_authority_to_do_something_or_to_act"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">the authority to do something or to act</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="the authority to do something or to act"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="մանդատ (page does not exist)">մանդատ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BF" class="extiw" title="hy:մանդատ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandat</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Belarusian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Bulgarian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:мандат">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mandaat#Dutch" title="mandaat">mandaat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandaat" class="extiw" title="nl:mandaat">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/mandato#Esperanto" title="mandato">mandato</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandato" class="extiw" title="eo:mandato">(eo)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Erm%C3%A4chtigung#German" title="Ermächtigung">Ermächtigung</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Erm%C3%A4chtigung" class="extiw" title="de:Ermächtigung">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legitimation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Legitimation (page does not exist)">Legitimation</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Legitimation" class="extiw" title="de:Legitimation">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="प्राधिकरण (page does not exist)">प्राधिकरण</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3" class="extiw" title="hi:प्राधिकरण">(hi)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">prādhikraṇ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/mandat#Indonesian" title="mandat">mandat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandat" class="extiw" title="id:mandat">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mana_whakahaere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mana whakahaere (page does not exist)">mana whakahaere</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Russian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82" class="extiw" title="ru:мандат">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82#Ukrainian" title="мандат">манда́т</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">mandát</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mandate</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandates#English" title="mandates">mandates</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandating#English" title="mandating">mandating</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandated#English" title="mandated">mandated</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="maintenance-line">(<a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Tea_room/2022/March#mandate" title="Wiktionary:Tea room/2022/March">Discuss</a><sup class="plainlinks">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Tea_room/2025/February?action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bmandate%5D%5D">+</a>)</sup> this sense)</span><span class="attentionseeking" lang="en" title="see Tea room discussion"></span> To <a href="/wiki/authorize" title="authorize">authorize</a>.</li> <li>To make <a href="/wiki/mandatory" title="mandatory">mandatory</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2009</b> March 7, Walecia Konrad, “Hanging On to Health Coverage, if the Job Goes Away”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" class="extiw" title="w:The New York Times">The New York Times</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/health/policy/07patient.html">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Federal law <b>mandates</b> that at least one nongroup insurer in your state must provide coverage to everyone, regardless of health issues.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2021</b> August 15, Stephanie Elizalde, “Why I'm Mandating That Austin Schools Must Be Masked When Classes Start”, in <cite>Time</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://time.com/6090484/austin-texas-schools-masks-mandate/">[4]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have <b>mandated</b> that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2024</b> June 13, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, “Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to IVF nationwide”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN" class="extiw" title="w:CNN">CNN</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/senate-ivf-bill-vote/index.html">[5]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The bill seeks to make IVF treatment more affordable by <b>mandating</b> coverage for fertility treatments under employer-sponsored insurance and certain public insurance plans.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="term-list columns-bg"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandatary#English" title="mandatary">mandatary</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandatee#English" title="mandatee">mandatee</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandator#English" title="mandator">mandator</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandatory#English" title="mandatory">mandatory</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-authorize"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">authorize</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="authorize"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%8E%88%E6%AC%8A#Mandarin" title="授權">授權</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%8E%88%E6%9D%83#Mandarin" title="授权">授权</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8E%88%E6%AC%8A" class="extiw" title="zh:授權">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">shòuquán</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/pov%C4%9B%C5%99it#Czech" title="pověřit">pověřit</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="trreq" data-lang="eo"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/valtuuttaa#Finnish" title="valtuuttaa">valtuuttaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/valtuuttaa" class="extiw" title="fi:valtuuttaa">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/autoriser#French" title="autoriser">autoriser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/autoriser" class="extiw" title="fr:autoriser">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/erm%C3%A4chtigen#German" title="ermächtigen">ermächtigen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/erm%C3%A4chtigen" class="extiw" title="de:ermächtigen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/bevollm%C3%A4chtigen#German" title="bevollmächtigen">bevollmächtigen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/bevollm%C3%A4chtigen" class="extiw" title="de:bevollmächtigen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/autorisieren#German" title="autorisieren">autorisieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/autorisieren" class="extiw" title="de:autorisieren">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/legitimieren#German" title="legitimieren">legitimieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/legitimieren" class="extiw" title="de:legitimieren">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4#Hindi" title="अधिकृत">अधिकृत</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4" class="extiw" title="hi:अधिकृत">(hi)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">adhikŕt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/autorizzare#Italian" title="autorizzare">autorizzare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/autorizzare" class="extiw" title="it:autorizzare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="уполномочивать">уполномо́чивать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:уполномочивать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">upolnomóčivatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="авторизовать">авторизова́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:авторизовать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">avtorizovátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="одобрять">одобря́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:одобрять">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">odobrjátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mandar#Spanish" title="mandar">mandar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandar" class="extiw" title="es:mandar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/ordenar#Spanish" title="ordenar">ordenar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordenar" class="extiw" title="es:ordenar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/preceptuar#Spanish" title="preceptuar">preceptuar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/preceptuar" class="extiw" title="es:preceptuar">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/man#English" title="man">man</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/date#English" title="date">date</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmæn.deɪt/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mandate</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mandates#English" title="mandates">mandates</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncommon" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncommon</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/man_date#English" title="man date">man date</a></i></span></span>: a <a href="/wiki/date" title="date">date</a> between <a href="/wiki/two" title="two">two</a> <a href="/wiki/men" title="men">men</a>. <ul><li><b>2007 September 7</b>, Graham Linehan, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd" class="extiw" title="w:The IT Crowd">The IT Crowd</a></i>, Season 2, Episode 3: <dl><dd><i>Moss</i>: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a <b>mandate</b> with him.<br /><i>Roy</i>: It is not a <b>mandate</b>. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!</dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=mandate&ls=a">mandate</a>”, in <cite>OneLook Dictionary Search</cite>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Mandate">mandate</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dwight_Whitney" class="extiw" title="w:William Dwight Whitney">William Dwight Whitney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eli_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Eli Smith">Benjamin E[li] Smith</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://server-66-113-234-189.da.direct/century-dictionary.com/html/wnph-chw.php?query=mandate&type=dicts">mandate</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophones</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mandatent#French" title="mandatent">mandatent</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mandates#French" title="mandates">mandates</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_2">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">mandate</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">inflection of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mandater#French" title="mandater">mandater</a></i></span>:</span> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><span class="inflection-of-conjoined"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#first_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">first</a><span class="inflection-of-sep">/</span><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">third-person</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indicative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">indicative</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#first_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">first-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#subjunctive_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">subjunctive</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a></span></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it">mandate</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/mandata#Italian" title="mandata">mandata</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_3">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it">mandate</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">inflection of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/mandare#Italian" title="mandare">mandare</a></i></span>:</span> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indicative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">indicative</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#gender" title="Appendix:Glossary">feminine</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#past_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">past</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#participle" title="Appendix:Glossary">participle</a></span></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Damante#Italian" title="Damante">Damante</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/damante#Italian" title="damante">damante</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Participle">Participle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Participle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">mandāte</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vocative_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">vocative</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#gender" title="Appendix:Glossary">masculine</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mandatus#Latin" title="mandatus">mandātus</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Spanish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_4">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mandate&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="es">mandate</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> voseo <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mandar#Spanish" title="mandar">mandar</a></i></span> combined with <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/te#Spanish" title="te">te</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">inflection of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mandatar#Spanish" title="mandatar">mandatar</a></i></span>:</span> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><span class="inflection-of-conjoined"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#first_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">first</a><span class="inflection-of-sep">/</span><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">third-person</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#subjunctive_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">subjunctive</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">third-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a></span></li></ol></li></ol>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a 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