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
  • New York City customers also have the option of requesting their items be picked up at their homes with their online orders.
    Kanika Talwar, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Now, Landry has issued an executive order declaring natural gas to be clean energy and requesting that the Biden administration lift all rules and regulations limiting the export of natural gas.
    Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • This agreement between the two countries follows the passing of a French law in December 2023 mandating the state to facilitate the restitution of human remains held in its public collections.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Amazon’s return-to-office policy announced last month, mandating employees work in person five days a week starting in 2025, already has workers irritated.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mandating
Verb
  • Rather than asking the reader to identify the important information, the candidate decides which points are most relevant and highlights that data.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
  • By reducing redundant staff and zero energy programs, and by sharpening the pencil on benefits, AC Transit should be able to balance costs and revenues without asking voters for additional taxes.
    Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of asking
Noun
  • Add the pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook to al dente according to package instructions, stirring occasionally.
    Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Ryan shrugs like, whatever, and gives an instruction to one of his workers.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of instruction
Noun
  • That prohibition did not explicitly cover online sales, but the city of San Diego is one of a number of local governments that adopted laws to eliminate any potential loophole.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There is no prohibition in statute of law that would keep a county from keeping their registrar's office open on the weekend to collect absentee ballots.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • Some of our physicians are leveraging AI for support with documentation, radiology dictation, breast cancer analysis in radiology and pathology, diabetic retinopathy screening, flagging urgent messages from patients and finally, identifying patients who are likely to become seriously ill.
    Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Other technology companies are addressing real-time workflow challenges, such as with ambient dictation tools.
    Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of dictation
Noun
  • By pairing two drivers to vibrate in opposite directions, the technology allows for bigger sound with fewer distortions.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Does will come from several directions, converge in the corner, and make their way back into the timber.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 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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