mandates

NOUN

authority, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authorization command decree directive injunction instruction sanction

STRONG

behest bidding charge commission dictate edict fiat go-ahead imperative okay precept warrant word

WEAK

blank check carte blanche green light

Antonyms

STRONG

breach break denial question refusal request veto

Example Sentences

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Other “decolourizers” are sulphurous acid, permanganates and manganates, all of which have received application in the sugar industry.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

This retains its colour after washing and drying, but cannot be recommended as a pigment, being liable to suffer in contact with organic substances, which deoxidize and decolourize the manganates and permanganates.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

The manganates, however, are decomposed by contact with organic matter; and hence the green would be liable to suffer from the vehicles employed, as well as by being compounded with animal or vegetal pigments.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas