decree
[noun]
Synonyms:
- law, act, command, edict, order, proclamation, ruling, statute
[verb]
Synonyms:
- order, command, demand, ordain, prescribe, proclaim, pronounce, rule

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Related Words: behest, bidding, injunction, order, charge, charging, direction, instruction, announcement, declaration, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, compel, constrain, force, oblige, demand, require

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I. de‧cree¹ /dɪˈkriː/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: decré, from Latin decernere 'to decide']

1. an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country:
The Emperor issued the decree repealing martial law.

2. a judgment in a court of law

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II. decree² verb [transitive]
to make an official judgment or give an official order
decree (that)
The King decreed that there should be an end to the fighting.

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decree
noun
ADJ. emergency The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament.
papal, presidential, royal | court
VERB + DECREE adopt, issue, pass, publish The president issued a decree prohibiting trade unions.
sign | enforce Local inspectors helped enforce presidential decrees.
revoke | defy 10,000 demonstrators defied the decree and gathered in the square.
govern by, legislate by, rule by The general will rule by decree until a general election.
PREP. in a/the ~ In an emergency decree, the government banned all rallies.
~ on a decree on property rights

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