Definitions For Mandate

noun

  • The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
  • A document giving an official instruction or command
  • 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
  • An official order to do something
  • The power to act that voters give to their elected leaders

verb

  • Assign authority to
  • Make mandatory
  • Assign under a mandate
  • To officially demand or require (something)
  • To officially give (someone) the power to do something

Is Mandate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12

The word Mandate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Mandate in a Sentence

  • Royal mandates must be obeyed.
  • They carried out the governor's mandate to build more roads.
  • He won the election so convincingly that he believed he had been given a mandate for change.
  • The law mandates that every car have seat belts.
  • He won the election so convincingly that he believed the people had mandated him to carry out his policies.

Synonyms for Mandate

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