DECREE


Meaning of DECREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪkri: ]

( decrees, decreeing, decreed)

1.

A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.

In July he issued a decree ordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband...

= order

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2.

If someone in authority decrees that something must happen, they decide or state this officially.

The UN Security Council has decreed that the election must be held by May...

The king decreed a general amnesty.

= order

VERB : V that , V n

3.

A decree is a judgment made by a law court. ( mainly AM )

...court decrees.

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