decreeing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of decreeingnext
as in forbidding

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decreeing

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verb

present participle of decree
as in ordering
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreeing
  1. requesting
  2. mandating
  3. asking
  4. instruction
  5. prohibition
  6. dictation
  7. direction
  8. proscription
Verb
  • When requesting feedback, good collaborators err on the side of specificity.
    Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Over the first two days of deliberations, jurors sent several notes to the court requesting to review video evidence and rehear parts of the jury instructions and testimony during the trial.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • The positive news is that despite headliners within the past few months about companies mandating return to the office, overall, the number has flattened out over the past couple quarters.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Thirty-nine percent of the companies surveyed are mandating the use of AI tools, while another 46% are encouraging their use.
    Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of mandating
Verb
  • Carter’s attorney Alex Spiro filed a motion Monday asking a judge to force the accuser to reveal her real name or dismiss the case.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Something dim and unknowable seemed to be asking me to trust it.
    Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of asking
Noun
  • In the meantime, mail-in paper applications and instructions for using them are available at the state’s Department of Human Services website.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Carefully read and follow all instructions to improve your odds of qualifying for the grant.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of instruction
Noun
  • Both countries recently announced prohibitions on exports of those materials to one another.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Illinois passed its legacy admission prohibition in August, following Maryland, which enacted a legacy admission ban in April that applies to both public and private colleges.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • But much of what survives are school children’s copies of other works, an indication that children learned by dictation with the student copying what a teacher said or wrote.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This could be significant for those that routinely use voice dictation for text and email messages.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictation
Noun
  • The typical migration route for humpback whales can approach 5,000 miles in a single direction, making this one’s journey close to two times that of most whales.
    AJ Willingham, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Still, there are some Elden Ring players that think this is a poor direction for FromSoft to go and accuse them of trend-chasing.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of direction
Noun
  • Under Elizabethan feudalism this notion was unthinkable if only because none but the royal had the alternatives of seemingly absolute choice, the liberties of the masses being hedged about by all sorts of rigid proscriptions.
    Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Washington also secured buy-in for a proscription against the use of force to alter international boundaries, helping lock in place a status quo that has benefited the United States.
    Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Definition of proscription
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