decreenoun [ C or U ]
uk/dɪˈkriː/us/dɪˈkriː/formalan official statement that something must happen:
The decree stopped short of a full declaration of independence.
More than 200 people were freed by military decree.
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Rules & laws
- black codes
- bylaw
- canon
- code of practice
- common law
- cyberlaw
- dead letter
- diktat
- dos
- edict
- equal protection
- international law
- leash law
- licensing laws
- mandatory
- red tape
- retroactive
- rule
- statutory
- the rule of law
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decreeverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈkriː/us/dɪˈkriː/to officially decide or order that something must happen:
They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
[ + that ] After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- charge
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- dun
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
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