mandate

An official request by the government to do something

Word Structure

a = had, ant; A = they, say

7 Letters

2 Syllables: man•date

2 Morphemes: mand•ate

6 Phonemes

Vowels: a, A.

Sentence Examples

The county mandate was to mask up.

The city mandate added free preschool.

He had a public mandate.

Semantic Relatives

Government

Official

Request

Textbook

Explore American Democracy Chapter 4 by Attainment