Decree | Mean of decree in English Dictionary
/dɪˈkriː/
- Noun
- an official order given by a person with power or by a government
- The President issued a decree making the day a national holiday.
- The soldiers read the people a royal decree. [=an order given by a king or queen]
- a papal decree [=a decree from a Pope]
- He took his position by decree [=because of a decree] of the national government.
- by royal decree
- an official decision made by a court of law
- She tried to have the court's decree [=judgment, ruling] reversed.
- a divorce decree
- Their marriage was annulled by judicial decree.
- Verb
- to order or decide (something) in an official way
- The government decreed a national holiday.
- The change was decreed by the President.
- The City Council has decreed that all dogs must be kept on a leash.
- He was favored to win, but fate decreed otherwise. [=it was not his fate to win; he did not win]
Những từ liên quan với DECREE
law, instruction, ACT, directive, order, judgment, proclamation, proclaim, enact, injunction, commandment, announcement, impose, edict, rule