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单词 decree
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decree
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Look carefully! A decree isn't something you get when you graduate. That one little letter change makes it something else altogether: a legally binding command or the announcement of such a thing.
If you go back far enough, a decree referred to a decision handed down by the Roman emperor. In more modern usage, a divorce decree is the document issued by a court that terminates a marriage. And if you want to go out with someone on a date, but things keep preventing you from having the chance to ask, you could say that fate did not decree it to be so.
WORD FAMILY
decree: decreed, decreeing, decrees
USAGE EXAMPLES
This month its 31 million people lurched a big step closer to that breaking point, thanks to another senseless decree by its autocratic populist government.
Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016)
The government in November published a draft decree “to prevent further reduction” of the National Fund.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 24, 2016)
Perhaps this is the wisdom of grandparents, who lived in areas where wine was consumed daily but the selection was meager and decreed by custom.
New York Times(Dec 22, 2016)
1n a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
edict, fiat, order, rescript
consent decree
an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt
curfew
an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
decree nisi
a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date
imperial decree
a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
judicial separation, legal separation
a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
programma
an edict that has been publicly posted
ban, prohibition, proscription
a decree that prohibits something
stay
a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
bull, papal bull
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
ukase
an edict of the Russian tsar
pragmatic, pragmatic sanction
an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
stay of execution
an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time
banning-order
an order that bans something
cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
interdict, interdiction
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
act, enactment
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
2v issue a decree
The King only can decree
Hypo|Hyper
ordain
issue an order
enact, ordain
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
predestine
decree or determine beforehand
will
decree or ordain
designate, destine, doom, fate
decree or designate beforehand
reenact
enact again
legislate, pass
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
declare
state emphatically and authoritatively
3v decide with authority
The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
rule
override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse
rule against
rule in, rule out
include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
decide, determine, make up one's mind
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
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