mandated

[ man-dey-tid ]

adjective

1. authorized or decreed, as by the passing of a law:

   Federal agencies are making preparations to manage the mandated spending cuts.

2. ordered or required; made mandatory:

   There were not enough faculty to teach the mandated core curriculum.

3. operating under a mandate or obligation, as an elected government, a person to whom a certain law or regulation applies, etc.:

   After a record voter turnout, it will be interesting to see how this heavily mandated government performs.

   All first responders have been added to the list of mandated reporters of elder abuse.

4. (of a territory, colony, etc.) consigned to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate:

   Following World War I, the 1919 Peace Conference gave the losers' overseas territories to the victors as “mandated territories.”

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mandate ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·man·dat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mandated¹

mandate ( def ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Some of the tenant protections in the city’s proposal already are mandated by state law, but set to expire in coming years.

From Los Angeles Times

It failed to file legally mandated reports of suspicious transactions even though one of the launderers had deposited and withdrawn “more than $1 million in cash in a single day.”

From Los Angeles Times

That’s because it was effectively only used when races were controlled under caution, and its use was mandated.

From BBC

Congress actually reversed the change in 1920, just two years after it was first federally mandated.

From Los Angeles Times

Duarte said at the time that he opposed the bill because it would have mandated that employers use the federal government’s E-Verify system to confirm that their employees have legal work status.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• assigned
• authorized
• charged
• decreed
• ordered