I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
decree absolute
decree nisi
rule by decree (= make all the important decisions himself )
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He announced that henceforth he would rule by decree .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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King John forbade the clergy to enact any new decree on the subject.
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In attempting to implement the new policy via decree , Gordon had encountered strong patient resistance.
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Despite the new decree the primaries were bedeviled with allegations of corruption.
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Anselm supported Henry, and he did not make his support conditional on Henry's acceptance of the new papal decrees .
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He had just left the Council at which the new decrees had been pronounced.
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Hugh was the most forceful advocate of the principle which the new papal decree embodied.
papal
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Had he not himself acted thus after hearing the papal decree against lay investiture and clerical homage?
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His papal decrees were the foundation of canon law until their update in 1917.
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Anselm supported Henry, and he did not make his support conditional on Henry's acceptance of the new papal decrees .
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Hugh was the most forceful advocate of the principle which the new papal decree embodied.
presidential
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The Assembly was dissolved by presidential decree on Oct. 12.
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Under a presidential decree of Aug. 6, oil and gas export prices were deregulated soas to bring them into line with world prices.
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Additionally, two presidential decrees on March 23 had been designed to cushion the blow of the price rises.
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Sobchak said the presidium's decision was illegal since his instruction had been made in accordance with the presidential decree of January 1991.
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The presidential decrees were, however, suspended after telephone negotiations on April 9.
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Cabinet reshuffle Presidential decrees at the end of May effected a minor Cabinet reshuffle.
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Because of the paralysis of Weimar Reich stags, presidential decrees were rarely in danger of repeal.
royal
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But his resistance was doomed to failure as the courtiers' position was confirmed by several royal decrees .
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Even a small favorable comment from the boss is usually taken as a royal decree by the personnel department.
■ NOUN
consent
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Microsoft dismissed the allegations as unfounded, saying its practices were specifically allowed by the consent decree .
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But the company has vigorously asserted that its marketing practices do not violate the 1995 consent decree .
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The consent decree was drafted and released to the press in November.
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One new provision would prevent the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from entering into consent decrees with employers in job-discrimination lawsuits.
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The decree calls for both to be hired as consent decree administrators, charged with designing and implementing the restructuring plans.
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Reno contends Microsoft violated a 1995 consent decree by tying the licensing and distribution of Windows and its browser.
divorce
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In 1989 more than 25,000 divorce decrees were made because of the husband's adultery, 18,000 because of the wife's.
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She moved to Chelsea and waited for Joyce's divorce decree to become absolute.
■ VERB
issue
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Presidential decrees enacting reform Gorbachev used his emergency presidential powers to issue during October four decrees marking critical steps towards market reform.
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In Britain, Heath utilized the energy crisis to issue a decree in December imposing a three-day workweek on most industries.
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Nine days later, President Blaise Compaoré issued decrees bringing the Constitution into immediate effect, and dissolving the government.
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In December 1785 Joseph 11 issued an imperial decree limiting the number of Viennese lodges to three.
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The President could issue decrees which would be binding throughout the country.
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In Savoy as elsewhere, it was one thing to issue a decree and another to make it effective.
rule
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The powers allow it to rule by decree and declare a state of war.
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Article 38 permits the government to rule by decree .
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Mr Gorbachev may well use his powers to rule by decree to push the reform through.
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The militants ruled the towns by decrees announced on wall-posters.
sign
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Yeltsin signed a decree on Oct. 16 granting extra economic support and freedoms to Kabardino-Balkaria.
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Izvestiya of Oct. 1 reported that Yeltsin had signed the relevant decrees to implement the measures.
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Yeltsin signed a decree relieving him of his post on Oct. 23.
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Mr Putin's regime is more confident, and swiftly signed the decree last month.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a court decree
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In 1637 the Emperor issued a decree ordering all foreigners to leave the country.
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The king dissolved parliament and ruled by decree .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A January Party report in Roslavl' noted with glee that the local clergy were divided, even before the February decree .
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During the following twelve months the sultan issued a series of decrees which gave formal recognition to the MiloÜ-Marasli agreement.
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In December 1936 a decree was issued which made all volunteer forces subject to military jurisdiction.
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Microsoft has vigorously asserted that its marketing practices do not violate the 1995 consent decree .
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The consent decree was carefully negotiated to allow that to continue, he said.
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The majority in favour meant that the changes would become law once published by presidential decree in the official gazette.
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Under a presidential decree of Aug. 6, oil and gas export prices were deregulated soas to bring them into line with world prices.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
rule
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Weird and wonderful international rules , however, decreed that Billy Bingham couldn't pick him, but Jack Charlton could.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In 1929 Parliament decreed that all women should have the right to vote.
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The government decreed a ban on all contact with the guerrillas by local and provincial government officials.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A 50 percent wage rise was also decreed for most civil servants.
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From now on, he decreed, we, her family, would cook and feed her every meal.
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K-For is holding the line, sensibly reinforcing an ethnic divide that geography has decreed.
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Neither Patrick nor John had brought dinner jackets so Sir Bryan decreed that the men would wear lounge suits.
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Officials decreed that the ball never breached the goal line.
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Sartre decrees that Gustave was never homosexual; merely passive and feminine in his psychology.
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Sukarno decreed that the total would be increased from 200 to 514.
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When he struck out, he vengefully decreed that nobody would ever believe her predictions.