noun
Meaning 1
An edict or law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: edict
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decree
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To command by a decree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A court decrees a restoration of property.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: edict, fiat, order, rescript
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, enactment
Narrower terms: consent decree, curfew, decree nisi, imperial decree, legal separation, judicial separation, programma, prohibition, ban, proscription, stay, bull, papal bull
verb
Meaning 7
decide with authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decide, make up one's mind, determine
Narrower terms: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse, rule out, rule in
verb
Meaning 8
issue a decree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The King only can decree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declare
Narrower terms: ordain, enact
History
Etymology
From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.
Across languages
Translations
132 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: eewuu — edict or law
- Arabic: أَمْر (ʔamr) — edict or law
- Arabic: مَرْسُوم (marsūm) — edict or law
- Armenian: պատգամ (patgam) — edict or law
- Old Armenian: հրովարտակ (hrovartak) — edict or law
- Azerbaijani: göstəriş — edict or law
- Azerbaijani: fərman — edict or law
- Azerbaijani: dekret — edict or law
- Bashkir: фарман (farman) — edict or law
- Belarusian: ука́з (ukáz) — edict or law
- Belarusian: дэкрэ́т (dekrét) — edict or law
- Belarusian: пастано́ва (pastanóva) — edict or law
- Bulgarian: декре́т (dekrét) — edict or law
- Bulgarian: у́каз (úkaz) — edict or law
- Chinese Mandarin: 法令 (fǎlìng) — edict or law
- Chinese Mandarin: 上諭 /上谕 (shàngyù) — edict or law
- Chinese Mandarin: 詔書 /诏书 (zhàoshū) — edict or law
- Czech: dekret — edict or law
- Danish: dekret — edict or law
- Danish: forordning — edict or law
- Egyptian: wD-w-Y1 (wḏ) — edict or law
- Esperanto: dekreto — edict or law
- Finnish: asetus — edict or law
- Finnish: määräys — edict or law
- Finnish: dekreetti — edict or law
- French: décret — edict or law
- Galician: decreto — edict or law
- Georgian: ბრძანებულება (brʒanebuleba) — edict or law
- German: Erlass — edict or law
- German: Dekret — edict or law
- German: Verordnung — edict or law
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍆𐍄𐍃 (gagrēfts) — edict or law
- Ancient Greek: δόγμα (dógma) — edict or law
- Ancient Greek: πρόσταγμα (próstagma) — edict or law
- Hindi: अधिसूचना (adhisūcnā) — edict or law
- Hindi: आज्ञा (ājñā) — edict or law
- Hindi: विधान (vidhān) — edict or law
- Hungarian: rendelet — edict or law
- Hungarian: dekrétum — edict or law
- Indonesian: dekret — edict or law
- Indonesian: titah — edict or law
- Irish: acht — edict or law
- Italian: decreto — edict or law
- Italian: ordinanza — edict or law
- Japanese: 命令 (meirei) — edict or law
- Japanese: 詔書 (shōsho) — edict or law
- Japanese: 詔勅 (shōchoku) — edict or law
- Kazakh: әмір (ämır) — edict or law
- Kazakh: жарлық (jarlyq) — edict or law
- Korean: 법령 (beomnyeong) — edict or law
- Korean: 칙령 (chingnyeong) — edict or law
- Latin: ēdictum — edict or law
- Latin: dēcrētum — edict or law
- Latin: iussiō — edict or law
- Macedonian: декре́т (dekrét) — edict or law
- Malay: dekri — edict or law
- Malayalam: ഡിക്രി (ḍikri) — edict or law
- Norwegian Bokmål: forordning — edict or law
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forordning — edict or law
- Persian: فرمان (farmân) — edict or law
- Polish: dekret — edict or law
- Portuguese: decreto — edict or law
- Romanian: decret — edict or law
- Russian: ука́з (ukáz) — edict or law
- Russian: декре́т (dekrét) — edict or law
- Russian: постановле́ние (postanovlénije) — edict or law
- Slovak: dekrét — edict or law
- Spanish: decreto — edict or law
- Swahili: dikrii — edict or law
- Swedish: dekret — edict or law
- Swedish: förordning — edict or law
- Turkish: genelge — edict or law
- Turkish: sirküler — edict or law
- Turkish: kararname — edict or law
- Ottoman Turkish: امر (emr, emir) — edict or law
- Ukrainian: ука́з (ukáz) — edict or law
- Ukrainian: декре́т (dekrét) — edict or law
- Ukrainian: постано́ва (postanóva) — edict or law
- Zazaki: qanunname — edict or law
- Zazaki: ferman (diq) — edict or law
- Belarusian: пастано́ва (pastanóva) — judicial decision
- Bulgarian: постановле́ние (postanovlénie) — judicial decision
- Chinese Mandarin: 判決 /判决 (pànjué) — judicial decision
- Danish: dom — judicial decision
- Finnish: päätös — judicial decision
- Finnish: määräys — judicial decision
- German: Verfügung — judicial decision
- German: Beschluss — judicial decision
- German: Entscheid — judicial decision
- German: Gerichtsentscheid — judicial decision
- Ancient Greek: δικαίωμα (dikaíōma) — judicial decision
- Ancient Greek: διαγνώμη (diagnṓmē) — judicial decision
- Hungarian: végzés — judicial decision
- Hungarian: döntés — judicial decision
- Hungarian: határozat — judicial decision
- Japanese: 判決 (hanketsu) — judicial decision
- Korean: 결정 (gyeoljeong) — judicial decision
- Portuguese: decreto — judicial decision
- Russian: постановле́ние (postanovlénije) — judicial decision
- Spanish: decreto — judicial decision
- Ukrainian: постано́ва (postanóva) — judicial decision
- Finnish: päätös — determination of a cause
- Finnish: määräys — determination of a cause
- Danish: dekretere — to command by a decree
- Danish: forordne — to command by a decree
- Danish: bestemme — to command by a decree
- Esperanto: dekreti — to command by a decree
- Finnish: antaa asetus — to command by a decree
- Finnish: julistaa — to command by a decree
- Finnish: määrätä — to command by a decree
- French: décréter — to command by a decree
- German: bestimmen — to command by a decree
- German: verfügen — to command by a decree
- German: verordnen — to command by a decree
- German: dekretieren — to command by a decree
- Hungarian: elrendel — to command by a decree
- Hungarian: határoz — to command by a decree
- Hungarian: végzést hoz/meghoz — to command by a decree
- Hungarian: rendelkezik — to command by a decree
- Irish: foraithin — to command by a decree
- Irish: reachtaigh — to command by a decree
- Irish: achtaigh — to command by a decree
- Kazakh: әмір ету (ämır etu) — to command by a decree
- Kazakh: жарлық шығару (jarlyq şyğaru) — to command by a decree
- Latin: scisco — to command by a decree
- Old English: sċrīfan — to command by a decree
- Portuguese: decretar — to command by a decree
- Spanish: decretar — to command by a decree
- Swedish: förordna — to command by a decree
- Swedish: dekretera — to command by a decree
- Swedish: påbjuda — to command by a decree
- Swedish: bestämma — to command by a decree
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