Definition of "mandate" in English

noun

1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.

2. (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.

3. (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.

4. (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.

verb

1. To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.

2. To make mandatory.

3. To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.

4. (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.

noun

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.

   • Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a mandate with him. Roy: It is not a mandate. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!