decree

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (Freq. 4)
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
• Syn:
edict, fiat, order, rescript
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: order)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
act, enactment
• Hyponyms:
consent decree, curfew, decree nisi, imperial decree, legal separation,
judicial separation, programma, prohibition, ban, proscription, stay,
bull, papal bull

II - verb

1. issue a decree (Freq. 2)
- The King only can decree
• Hypernyms:
declare
• Hyponyms:
ordain, enact
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. decide with authority
- The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
• Syn:
rule
• See Also:
rule out (for: rule)
• Derivationally related forms:
rule (for: rule), ruler (for: rule)
• Hypernyms:
decide, make up one's mind, determine
• Hyponyms:
overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse,
rule out, rule in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  edict, fiat, order, rescript, rule