1. An authoritative command or instruction
   "The school board issued a mandate requiring masks""
    
2. The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
   "The newly elected party claimed a mandate for reform"
    
3. (law) a document giving an official instruction or command
   "The UN Security Council issued a mandate for peacekeeping forces";
   - authorization, authorisation [Brit]
    
4. 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
   "Syria and Lebanon were French mandates after World War I";
   - mandatory

1. Assign authority to
   "The voters mandated the legislature to reform healthcare"
    
2. Make mandatory
   "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
    
3. Assign under a mandate
   "mandate a colony"

Derived forms: mandated, mandates, mandating

See also: authorised [Brit], authoritative, authorized, unauthorised [Brit], unauthorized

Type of: assign, commission, commissioning, delegate, depute, designate, dictate, district, dominion, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, order, prescribe, territorial dominion, territory

Encyclopedia: Mandate