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Noun mandate has 3 senses

mandate, authorization, authorisation - a document giving an official instruction or command
--₁ is a kind of legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument

Derived form: verb mandate₂
mandate, mandatory - a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves
--₂ is a kind of district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
--₂ has particulars: Palestine
mandate - the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
--₃ is a kind of commission, commissioning

Derived form: verb mandate₁

Verb mandate has 3 senses

mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
--₁ is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign

Derived forms: noun mandate₃, noun mandatory₁, noun mandatary₁, noun mandator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
mandate - make mandatory; "the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests"
--₂ is one way to order, prescribe, dictate

Derived form: noun mandate₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
mandate - assign authority to
--₃ is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign

Derived form: noun mandator₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s something to somebody