mandatory English · revision 7514

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 15th century|origins=la mando}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/, /mænˈdeɪ.tə.ɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˈmæn.dəˌtɔɹ.i/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|mandatorius|t=pertaining to a mandator]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) one who gives a charge or command,^(Etymonline) from Latin mandatus, past participle of [[m|la|mando|alt=mandāre|t=to command, entrust]] (see [[mandate]]).^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of the nature of a mandate, containing a command: the late 15th century in NODE and SOED, the 15th century in MWU;^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) 1576 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun, one to whom a mandate is given, it is from 1661 (1648 in MWU).^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) Of actions, obligatory because commanded, it is from 1818.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Of a power or state holding a mandate from the League of Nations to administer a territory, the noun is from 1919 and the adjective from 1921.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 15th century – containing a command.^(NODE 1998)

+ * 1661 – a mandatary (noun).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1818 – obligatory.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1919 – a mandatory power.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Required by [[authority]] or law; [[obligatory]] or compulsory.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of, having the nature of or containing a [[mandate]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[mandatary]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mandatorily]]

+ * [[nonmandatory]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mandate]]

+ * [[mandatary]]

+ * [[command]]

+ * [[commend]]

+ * [[demand]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}